Letters to Nurses
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Blessing
This week sees me in the office only for a few hours. I decided to drive…
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Broken
Thirty years ago I stood on the rooftop of Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg where I had…
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Breaking Point
It was a cold day in Durban. Sixteen degrees Celsius is cold for us on the…
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Another Stray Bullet
I had an uneasy weekend. One the one hand I was watching the Covid-19 figures around…
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The Naming of People
T.S. Elliot wrote a collection of poems on cats. One of the poems is called “The…
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The Tree of Life
I had been searching for a year. Because of the pandemic, in spite of the pandemic…
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Some Good News
There have been many positives that have been uncovered by the pandemic. But receiving the vaccine…
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In Their Memory
Lest we ever forget. Let us remember with dignity those who are no longer with us.
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Sometimes I Think
There are unsung heroes behind our hard working health care workers: the cleaners, security staff, porters,…
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Superlatives
Nurses are our frontline heroes. They exude peace and calm…and a sense of humour.
