Think of instinct as an unscientific, unquantifiable tool that can be used along with more concrete evaluations to make a well-rounded decision.

The partnership between nurses and families is based on mutual trust, and defining the boundaries and rules clearly will help everyone involved, especially your child.

An informed parent or caregiver becomes empowered, and empowerment can lead to the best care for our children.

With emotions ranging from fear, grief and anger to happiness and relief, the process of bringing home a child who needs in-home care can be complicated

The more love and support your child receives, the richer his or her life becomes, and nurses can certainly add to the circle of love surrounding your child.

An exhausted parent can’t provide the best care, although occasionally, we have all had to do so.

Managing in-home nursing is not always easy. It can be terribly frustrating sometimes, and it can take a while to feel like everything is under control, but success is possible.

When it is managed effectively, in-home nursing can become a support for caregivers and families stressed with the care of a medically fragile child.

The scariest, ugliest stories about in-home nursing usually are the result of nurses demonstrating a lack of professionalism, bad morals or a disregard for the child for whom they are providing care.

You are beautiful, not only because of your beauty, because of who you are.

Modern Society has turned blind

I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.

Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. Death is the opposite of birth.

I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.

Football? Forget it. I didn't have that thing inside me where I wanted to smash against somebody and watch them break. I was too sensitive for that and disliked being that sensitive.

So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

If you couldn't tell the difference between what hurt and what didn't, you had no business being alive. You can't have any good times if you can't tell.

I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.