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Jacqlyn Thorne

Jacqlyn Thorne

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  • Category: Nursing and Health Care

  • At a crossroads: Where do I go from here?

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020

    Nursing was always supposed to be plan B. But since I became an RN fourteen years ago, it’s always been plan A. You can’t work as a nurse and not have so much of your life become about that.

    Art and Culture, Inspirational, Nursing and Health Care, Spirituality
  • Embracing a Helping Hand

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

    Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, I had a new friend. I was humbled once again, by the way the universe works sometimes...

    Art and Culture, Home and Real Estate, Inspirational, Nature, Nursing and Health Care, Parents and Family, Upstate New York, Writing
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  • The Big Day

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on November 10, 2019December 2, 2019

    I never wanted to repeat what she did. I never wanted wanted to be more afraid of knowing than not, or let my fear stop me.

    Health and Wellness, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Nursing and Health Care, Writing
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  • FRESH OFF THE PAGE: in slumber

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on July 21, 2016

    lines that curve, lines stick straight, lessons in asymmetry; funny cradle for a funny girl, balanced precariously...

    Art and Culture, Nursing and Health Care, Poetry, Writing
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  • Tested

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

    Yesterday I drove almost an hour one-way taking my 8-month-old kitten Clark for an ultrasound of his abdomen. We made the trip in good time, despite my fears that at any moment something would cause a …

    Inspirational, Nursing and Health Care, Pets and Animals, Writing
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  • Digging On the Flower Children: A Bit of Bathroom Time Travel

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on December 20, 2015December 20, 2015

    Inside the only stall of a women’s bathroom at the hospital where I work, a garden of bright pink, flowery faces greets my every visit. On the opposite wall there is a similar bunch looking down, some smiling, …

    Art and Culture, Inspirational, Nature, Nursing and Health Care, Painting, Writing
  • When Troubled Hearts Meet: Transforming Suffering

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on December 2, 2015December 2, 2015

    Yesterday I had lunch with my friend Maria. We tend to have conversations about serious stuff which I love, about life and art, our mutual scars, what we think of the world outside. I always …

    Art and Culture, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Nursing and Health Care, Spirituality, Writing
  • Bend in the road

    LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The Power of Asking Questions

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015

    “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the Nobel …

    Art and Culture, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Nursing and Health Care, Spirituality, Writing
  • A Job Well Done: Finding the Worth in Working

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on November 16, 2015November 18, 2015

    Most people I know say they hate to work. I get it, I have felt the same way when I had a job I didn’t like, a job I dreaded going to for eight hours, …

    Healthy Living, Inspirational, Nursing and Health Care, Photography, Poetry, Writing
  • Look at Me

    Posted by Jacqlyn Thorne on November 14, 2015November 14, 2015

    I’m a quiet person, not much of a talker. But I don’t think you would know that here with all I seem to have to say. And I’m not quiet because I don’t think I …

    Inspirational, Nature, Nursing and Health Care, Rural Life, Spirituality, Writing
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