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write along with me blogging as a retired nurse skip to content write along with me blogging as a retired nurse menu search about the author welcome readers abbreviated curriculum vitae nursing 1958 2000 resume writing 2000 current caring lessons media kit events excerpts from caring lessons chapter 1 sweet little hoitie chapter 2 a matter of attitude chapter 3 shift work chapter 4 rotten potatoes chapter 5 running away chapter 6 time out chapter 7 finding a friend chapter 8 diploma mentality chapter 9 breaking the mold chapter 10 bluffing it chapter 11 meeting sadie chapter 12 cleaning house chapter 13 liverwurst chapter 14 oscar mayer weiner chapter 15 cogito ergo sum chapter 16 first shots chapter 17 nothing physical chapter 18 fancy title chapter 19 no surprises be legal chapter 20 sister mary holy water chapter 21 getting organized chapter 22 sadie tomczyk chapter 23 going back chapter 24 things i tried chapter 25 storms of illness chapter 26 cancer chapter 27 trusting god chapter 28 on my way reviews of caring lessons endorsements nursing program recommendation professional reviews readers responses speaking recommendations marv taking charge media kit marv taking charge events marv taking charge reviews marv taking charge podcasts marv taking charge stories an american at a russian bliny tasting party iowa summer writing festival personal essay thoughts on false vs true selves on a snowy day in chicago waters of bethesda graduation water iowa summer writing festival rant saying farewell to my nursing files two nurses karaoke debut search for search adventure on holy ground 6 pancreatic cancer on august 30 2025 by lois roelofs in aging cancer chicago faith friends god health health humor marv taking charge memoir memoir nurse rn sioux falls writing 11 comments okay friends and family i am hearing from you that you are wondering how i am i mostly disappeared after the insertion of a pain pump for my new diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer on june 19 i had a medtronic pain pump inserted into a pocket incision made into my right upper abdomen the continue reading adventure on holy ground 6 pancreatic cancer adventure on holy ground 5 on june 17 2025 by lois roelofs in cancer friends health health humor memoir memoir writing 16 comments now that i have so much to say i have so little time it s been a race across days to get everything and everyone scheduled just minutes after i fired my daughter from helping me with the scheduling i hired her back i thought for sure i could take it over and free her up continue reading adventure on holy ground 5 adventure on holy ground 4 on june 12 2025 june 15 2025 by lois roelofs in aging cancer faith friends god health health humor memoir writing 13 comments first thanks for your generous responses to my new focus on dying on my blog i wish i could write everyday but as every adventure should be this one is full of surprises what may have seemed like fun one day is a total dud the next i hope to address a topic tonight that continue reading adventure on holy ground 4 adventure on holy ground 3 on june 5 2025 by lois roelofs in aging cancer faith health 9 comments i have so much to say today and so little time starting yesterday i ve had over twenty phone calls the only thing good about that was my daughter had left her phone in her car and somehow my phone made its way into her hand and she operates quickly so each time it rang she continue reading adventure on holy ground 3 adventure on holy ground 2 on june 2 2025 june 2 2025 by lois roelofs in writing 11 comments i ve been home from the hospital since last thursday but i m been awake only a fraction of that time both the palliative care nurses and nurse friends impressed on me the importance of pain management so being the good little do be that i am i ve taken my med every four hours followed immediately by an continue reading adventure on holy ground 2 pancreatic cancer again on may 31 2025 august 30 2025 by lois roelofs in aging cancer health marv taking charge 19 comments in 2005 my only brother died at age 74 of pancreatic cancer at the time my husband and i were living in chicago and i had been impressed by joseph cardinal bernadin s memoir of his final months of living with the disease his book the gift of peace had been published in 1997 and i continue reading pancreatic cancer again dear wannabe facebook friends on april 24 2025 april 25 2025 by lois roelofs in aging books humor marv taking charge writing 8 comments i apologize for being negligent in responding to all of you for weeks now no months you have urgently showed up in my friend box asking me to be your friend now whatever photos you may have seen of me might make me look like i need friends and perhaps that s why you landed on continue reading dear wannabe facebook friends hatpins waist squeezers and unplanned naps on april 11 2025 april 11 2025 by lois roelofs in aging health humor rn writing 30 comments i have a new diagnosis not exactly a pleasant one i found out after i had a ct scan of the abdomen three weeks ago i d just flown home after six weeks in az and when my daughter picked me up at the airport i asked her to take me directly from the airport to continue reading hatpins waist squeezers and unplanned naps the age of humility persimmon tree on march 27 2025 march 27 2025 by lois roelofs in aging writing 8 comments read this inspiring article on aging from persimmon tree as an octogenarian myself it is my story or close to it i think if you are my age you will see yourself in the essay and comments the article affirms that we are not alone as we sometimes skip and sometimes fizzle through the changes continue reading the age of humility persimmon tree missing my late sisters on march 4 2025 june 7 2026 by lois roelofs in aging faith god 5 comments need i say more in these topsy turvy times https lroelofs wordpress com 2021 10 25 ode to the hoitenga sisters page_id 12691 posts navigation older posts if you d like to contact me about my books marv taking charge or caring lessons you may write me at caringlessons gmail com welcome to my blog i d rather meet you over a mocha but the next best thing is meeting you here in my study lovingly crammed with books computer paraphernalia and an almost wall to wall desk in sioux falls sd website built with wordpress com write along with me website built with wordpress com subscribe subscribed write along with me join 517 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy write along with me subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started