Through her work experience from the Midwest to Central Texas, Cynthia introduces us to the people she connected with and grew to know, not just as diseases or room numbers, but as individuals. She engages patients and their families. Through her stories, the reader learns about loss and recovery.
Cynthia recognizes the power of medicine and nursing, but confronts their limits over and over. At the beginning of the AIDs crisis, the insidious nature of the epidemic penetrates her life when two ex-students are affected by the disease.
Unbroken by the death of her patients, she turns each loss into a positive lesson of life. These reflections re-energize her and reaffirm her dedication to the practice of nursing and the search for spiritual growth. She concludes that far from being stagnant, she continues to thrive in a state of becoming.
This book will touch those who have suffered a loss or a critical illness. It will provide insight to those who interface within the health care system. It will resonate with people evaluating their lives in terms of what they have done and what they have left to do.
Light at the End is a collection of emotionally charged, thought provoking stories about one nurse’s engagement with her patients and her ability to endure loss during the course of her career.