12 Articles for Nancy Julien Kopp

A childhood encounter with a special nurse set one woman on a lifelong path to helping people.

The road is long, and the distractions loom large, as a couple learns to adapt to their new heart-healthy diet.

Nancy had heard how a positive attitude helps the healing process … but what about anger?

There are many ways to say good-bye when you expect to see someone again, but how do you say it when you won't?

Would Nancy's stubborn husband follow the heart-healthy diet recommended by the cardiac rehab department, or "rebel like a teenager"?

A woman considers being a senior in the 21st century.

A daughter visits her 85-year-old mother and wonders what, other than age, might have caused her decline.

A volunteer knows that pay doesn't always come in check form.

A difficult Christmas spent in a hospital nursery, but made better with the support of staff, volunteers, friends, and other new parents.

Sometimes the smallest people teach the biggest lessons.

An email from her granddaughter prompts a reflection on positive thinking.

As her elderly mother's health declines, a daughter tries to overcome the feeling that she is a small, lost child once again.