Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary LivesLike Everything I Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten, or Tuesdays with Morrie, Obit is a wise and deeply moving book that illuminates the human condition. For ten years, Jim Sheeler has scoured Colorado looking for subjects whose stories he will tell for the last time. Most are unknowns, but that doesn't mean they're nobodies. Their obituaries are sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, and chock full of life lessons as taught by the people we all pass on the street every day. And thanks to Sheeler's brilliant and compassionate prose, it's not too late to meet them. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 15
Page 22
... nursing homes , patients in hospitals - along with dozens more . " Your magic was the right medicine , " wrote a nurse from Mercy Medical Center , after one of his many shows . Even into his late eighties , Bob Schmidt continued to work ...
... nursing homes , patients in hospitals - along with dozens more . " Your magic was the right medicine , " wrote a nurse from Mercy Medical Center , after one of his many shows . Even into his late eighties , Bob Schmidt continued to work ...
Page 206
... nurse . I don't believe I made a deliberate decision — I just knew . I would become a super- nurse . وو She graduated from nursing school in 1946 and began work in a local emergency room , where she met a young intern named Marvin Jaffe ...
... nurse . I don't believe I made a deliberate decision — I just knew . I would become a super- nurse . وو She graduated from nursing school in 1946 and began work in a local emergency room , where she met a young intern named Marvin Jaffe ...
Page 207
... nursing . In 1995 , the University of Denver recognized her with an honorary doctorate of humane letters . Despite ... nurse . Its title reflects her philosophy : " All Kinds of Love . " DYING IS NEVER EASY , she wrote . Suffering and ...
... nursing . In 1995 , the University of Denver recognized her with an honorary doctorate of humane letters . Despite ... nurse . Its title reflects her philosophy : " All Kinds of Love . " DYING IS NEVER EASY , she wrote . Suffering and ...
Contents
How to Build A Mountain | 1 |
The Marine Who Wasnt Afraid to | 12 |
The Magician Who Saved His Best Trick for Last | 18 |
Copyright | |
19 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives Jim Sheeler Limited preview - 2008 |
Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives Jim Sheeler No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
Albrandt Anderson asked Aurora baby Barbara Harris began birthday Bob Engel Boulder Boulder County Brent Davies brother called cancer carousel Chapple church climbing Coble Colorado Conda Conner couple cowboy Dan Curtis daughter death Denver died diner Dorothy McGuire Druva Engel Eric Rice Evans farm father Foley friends funeral George Engel Glenn Davis going Griffith Harold Harold Gray Helgoth horse hospital husband Inside Jaffe jazz Jim Sheeler Jimmy kids Kit Carson County knew learned lived Longmont look Mallory married McClelland McGuire mother mountains moved Naropa University nearly never newspaper nurse obituary play remember restaurant Richardson Robbie Frances Rock says Schmidt Scordo Severin Sheeler sister smile song stories Street talk taught tell There's things tiny told took town tree Trujillo walked wanted watched wife woman words wrote وو