FONDEST MEMORY
Chaperoning a second-grade class on a whale-watching field trip (and yes, there were whales!!).
FAVORITE MUSIC
The soundtrack to Chocolat.
WILDEST DREAM
To live on a yacht with servants.
PROUDEST MOMENT
Listening to my son, the valedictorian, address his classmates at graduation.
FIRST HEALTH CARE JOB
Nurse's aide class at Englewood Hospital, New Jersey.
INDULGENCE
Staying in bed on Saturday, all day, and reading novels.
LAST PURCHASE
Shoes (Life is short, get the shoes!!).
INSPIRATION
My grandfather.
SCARIEST MOMENT
When the anesthesiologist asked me to reach under the surgical drape to feel whether the patient had a carotid pulse.
BEST VACATION
Hawaii, the island of Kauai, 21 days.
FAVORITE MOVIE
Meet Joe Black.
FAVORITE FOOD
Lamb with horseradish carrots and scalloped potatoes.
WORST DATE'S FIRST NAME
Jeffrey.
FAVORITE BOOK
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
DREAM VACATION
A Mediterranean cruise starting in Italy, and lingering through all the ports of call for about six months.
I ASPIRE TO [horizontal ellipsis]
Listen better and extend more compassion to my peers.
NURSING AMBITION
To encourage colleagues to be better than they believe they can be.