Finding Me in Retirement

By Neva Bodin There’s been a lot said about young people “finding themselves.” Sometimes I think that may be an excuse for experimenting with different lifestyles, situations, or maybe careers. Well, after retiring from nursing, I could identify.             From my earliest memories, I knew I was going to be a nurse. In my imaginary

How Had She Known?

  by Neva Bodin She was destined to remain a vivid memory for many reasons, but one memory was etched on my mind with indelible ink. Each line on her face exemplified a challenge met and dealt with during her 86 years, like rivulets in a dry stream bed, the substance creating them gone now,