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Nurse Quilts: Lighting the Way to Healing

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29
Aug

“I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.                                                                    – Florence Nightingale She is known as “the Lady With the Lamp” and the “Mother of Nurses”. In the late 1800’s, Florence Nightingale valued […]

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National Women’s History – The Threads that Bind Women Together

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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt   The brisk winds of March howl around the house, pressing on the window panes, seeping cool air into imperceptible cracks. Cuddled in a quilt, the winds of remembrance swirl in my mind. In the warmth of my home, I contemplate the […]

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