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Downsizing is never fun for anyone. Community hospitals are tight-knit places with people staying in positions for years. Long-term professional friendships are built around an intimate regard for patient care. The people seen at community hospitals are your neighbors, possibly a teacher of your child, or maybe a co-worker from long ago. And yet, community hospitals are still in a dire recovery process from COVID and are being forced to make tough decisions on where to cut c

The American Soviet Peace Walk (ASPW) sponsored by the International Peace Walk, Inc 1988 - photo by J. Hilton I've been reflecting on kindness and its importance when faced with doing hard things. We can look at hard things as an opportunity for growth or daunting tasks mired in potential catastrophe. It is said, attitude is the precept, the catalyst to how we see and perceive life. Are we functioning from a place of scarcity or one of abundance? Scroll through your feed, an

self-portrait—inspired by Where'd you go, Bernadette? With the rolling waves of testing COVID positive just before Christmas; followed by excruciating long-haul headaches that lasted into the new year, and the trials and tribulations of attempting to joyfully visit with family a bit afar—but not too, just a 5-hour drive to New York City—2022 started with at least a carry-on of emotional baggage. To stay focused: I continued to adhere to a schedule of getting outdoors—cold wat