Category Archives: Care Giving

Trouble with Mercy – Part III

  Trouble with Mercy – Part III In Part II of Trouble With Mercy, the prime suspect in the run of thefts in the Mercy Home for Aging Citizens was not, in fact, the culprit. Attention then turned to another … Continue reading

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Trouble with Mercy – Part II

    Trouble with Mercy – Part II In Part I of Trouble with Mercy, Nurses’ Aide Ruthie thought she had caught a, or the, thief who had been stealing mostly personal belongings from other residents in the Mercy Home for … Continue reading

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Trouble with Mercy

  Trouble with Mercy PART I Things kept going missing at the Mercy Home for Aging Citizens, or M-Hac as the citizens would have it. So there was trouble with Mercy in this no-longer happy home. Staff, of course, tried … Continue reading

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You Think You Have Time

  “You think you have time.” -Buddha. My thanks to my friend Kat Wahamaa at https://www.facebook.com/kat.wahamaa You Think You Have Time You have places to go and people to meet, You have to fulfill the plans that you’ve made. But that’s … Continue reading

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Spin Doctor

  Spin doctor Spin Me a Tale Spin doctor, spin doctor, spin me a tale, One that no one can ever assail, Make it a tale that I can address, Just get me out of this terrible mess. Spin doctor, … Continue reading

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Christmas: Time to share

  CHRISTMAS Time to share H. W. Bryce Christmas is a time to think, renew, to share, A time for action on our promises to care. Hard times are facts where poverty can still abound, Hard to believe that we … Continue reading

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Here’s to All My Friends

  Here’s to All My Friends H. W. Bryce Here’s to all my friends, Left long behind of old In the dust of distant past, Although forgotten not, You’re the ones who made me The man I am today. Here’s … Continue reading

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