Courage – CANCER TESTED COURAGE AND FAITH

ALPINE SKI RACING

THE ANNUAL WERNER ZWAHLEN MEMORIAL RACE

Discussing Mortality- It Matters

My Case for Palliative Care Forced to face mortality is to walked through the fires of sorrow. It is not the stage on which anyone of us chooses to play. So joy in life is, so sorrow is too. When the vigil begins, is the being mortal conversation open to including family and the patient facing imminent death?Continue reading “Discussing Mortality- It Matters”

Being Mortal

Originally posted on Wendy Karasin – Musings of a Boomer:
I just picked up a book titled Being Mortal, in which the author, a doctor, considers the experience of mortality. He explains that he was taught in medical school how to keep people alive, but not how to let them die, or even have that…

Who I Am and Why I Write

WHO I AM ARTIST PIANIST & PIANO TEACHER WRITER, REWRITE IS MORE PRECISE I WRITE BECAUSE IT’ THE POWERFUL TOOL TO VET THE EMOTIONAL UPHEAVALS. MY JOURNAL BEGAN WITH MY DEAR FRIEND, MY HIDING PLACE, FOR PRAYERS FOR MY HUSBAND, AND GUIDANCE FOR MYSELF. WRITING BECAME MORE THAN THAT. MY DEAR FRIEND READ OFContinue reading “Who I Am and Why I Write”

The Werner Zwahlen Ski Education Foundation

My speech given at the first scholarship award ceremony from Werner’s Foundation. Why give this particular award, when at the end of the day, alpine racing is all about winning or at least coming in second or third for a chance to stand on the podium, receive a medal and the applause for well done?Continue reading “The Werner Zwahlen Ski Education Foundation”

THIRD GATE – A REQUEST

YOU MUST BE BRAVE December 2000 “You must be brave,” said my beautiful husband. You must be brave? He must be kidding. The peril we faced suffocated me. Being brave was about as far removed from me as the life we knew and the future slipping from our grasp. Where would I find the meansContinue reading “THIRD GATE – A REQUEST”