Presence
“In my visits to the hospitals, I found it was in the simple matter of Personal Presence, and emanating ordinary cheer and magnetism, that I succeeded and help’d more than by medical nursing or delicacies,…
Category: Friends
You’re Going So Far Away, But…
When I look in my heart, I find you there! When I meet 90 new students next week, I’ll see you in those looks of expectation and curiosity. When I come into my home, I…
Querida Aryanna
At last After thousands of lectures Tens of thousands of test questions Innumerable essays, interviews, rotations You’re now an M.D. And in the first week of your residency!
How You Know Your Soul Is in Trouble by Amy Nuismer
1. you look forward to going to the bathroom to be alone, take off your mask & cry quietly 2. being in the 21st grade and knowing absolutely nothing about happiness 3. being so immersed…
An Evening with Elizabeth Driscoll
Join us for a potluck dinner and discussion with Elizabeth Driscoll, SLU alum, Karen House Catholic Worker, Intercambio animator and Master’s student in Contemplative Psychotherapy at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Elizabeth will share reflections…
Chicago Gratitudes/1346
Mary Shannon, Annie Kratzmeyer, Bridget Bee Garrity, Carolina Mussa-Ivaldi,& Melissa Banerjee …Namaste forever!
Gratitude of the Day
La dolce vita with Amy Nuismer at Gelateria.
Sick Of/2 by Katie Murphy
A few weeks ago, I reposted a writing practice–topic: Sick Of–by Katie Madges. Katie Murphy commented that she’d write her riff on the same topic. And so, here it is… I’m sick of my boss I’m…
An Evening with Danielle Mackey
We invite you to join us in welcoming Danielle Mackey back to St. Louis! An alum of the Casa de la Solidaridad program and Saint Louis University (2008), Danielle has worked in El Salvador with…
Be in Love with Yr Chilean Life
Mary Shannon studied with me last year when she was a freshman at SLU. This year she has been in Chile in a program Katie Schlechter and Cheryl Sullivan experienced a while back. Mary just …