by kelly | Feb 13, 2021 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia
I still remember the agony of a certain fourth-grade assignment years ago. Scraps of pink, red and white paper littered the floor as our classroom full of 10-year-olds cut out hearts with blunt-end scissors. We tried to make lacy doilies by folding our hearts and...
by kelly | Jan 30, 2021 | Covid, Daily Courier
One of the best parts of my job is talking to people and hearing snippets of their life stories. A few weeks ago, I was talking with a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam era. Part of his job was packing parachutes. “How do you fold up the fabric and stuff it...
by kelly | Jan 15, 2021 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia
Each year, January is the month I resolve to become more organized. Like many resolutions, I start strong. I put out cardboard boxes in the spare bedroom, with post-it notes marked “donate,” “keep,” or “toss” on them. I pack up random mugs and unused kitchen tools....
by kelly | Jan 2, 2021 | Covid, Daily Courier
“Guess what?” a friend who works in health care asked as we talked on the phone. “You’re running away to a tropical island for a month?” I guessed, picking what sounded best to me right now. “No. I got the COVID vaccine!” she said, her voice dropping to an excited...
by kelly | Dec 19, 2020 | Covid, Daily Courier
I already knew the answer before I called my dad. “Just checking in on holiday plans,” I said as we talked on the phone. “I’m going to assume we are not getting together.” The answer was no, as I expected. It makes sense this year, with the pandemic numbers climbing,...
by kelly | Dec 2, 2020 | Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life
I walk into the main room of the Marley House, our in-patient hospice facility, to find the clinical supervisor and volunteer coordinator sitting at a table, bent over a patchwork quilt, sewing brown satin edging around it by hand. I had seen the email earlier in the...
