“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” Marian Wright Edelman, American activist for children’s rights and author Imagine for a minute you’re a hospital patient. Perhaps …
People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it. Dale Carnegie, American writer, lecturer, and inspirational speaker The Krafting Konnections crafters certainly did have fun at our last meeting! We shared stories, kept our hands and minds busy, and we laughed…a lot, enjoying each other’s company. These ladies were busy creating crochet blankets, …
Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind, and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul. Author Unknown During the holiday season in 2022, I wrote about “Angelo’s Harp.” Angelo De Lorenzo was a chaplain at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA. He was also a talented harpist. …
I’d like to take a moment to recognize International Women’s Day. What women or woman in your life would you like to honor and appreciate? When people are socially connected and have stable and supportive relationships, they are more likely to make healthy choices and to have better mental and physical health outcomes. They are …
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty, and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. James Herriot Science is catching up with philosophers and pet lovers of every kind. It turns out that dogs (and cats, horses, and many other animals) are human’s best friends. Animal-assisted – or Pet Therapy – helps people recover from physical …
“The silver lining to Harry’s ordeal, was the development of the Healing Environments Program, the true stories I and my volunteers collected during more than nine years the program operated.” When my dear Father-in-Love, Harry, was diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2000, our family was devastated. Why? Why should this warm, caring, compassionate person …
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust, French intellectual, author, and critic Our Krafting Konnections group is off to a great start after our two February meetings. We’ve come together to create whatever we’re inspired to make, using our varied crafting …
Many patients I tried to visit one morning were out of their rooms or sleeping. But finally, I came to a room where a patient was lying in bed. A woman I was to learn was his wife was sitting quietly close by. I stepped in and smiled as I told them briefly why I …
“Human greatness doesn’t lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” Anne Frank, German-born Dutch-Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim In May of 2008, Iris’s granddaughter Ruby was born at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Sadly, Ruby was never able to leave the hospital and died four months later. Iris and her family were …
“Knowledge is the power that gives us wings to soar.” George W. Douglas, American economist, and member of the Federal Trade Commission Baby Quilt This first photo shows a baby quilt made by our Great Aunt Alice Hall (redwork style 1908,09, embroidered nursery graphics). Alice used a photograph of my cousin Karen’s mother (Gladys Hall …
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