Department: Bedside Stories

What happens when the office loner finds a friend?

A woman's life philosophy is inspired, in part, by a determined little fish.

A woman works to defeat chronic back pain.

Years ago, a man encouraged (and pushed) his son to recover from a traumatic injury. Then, one day, the tables were turned.

How a culture clash lead one woman to a healthier lifestyle.

Read this inspiring story of the effect of a sick baby on the people who cared for her.

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

Risk-free, no-strings-attached affection is good for what ails these patients.

A short fiction about a boy and his grandmother.

In I Knew a Woman, Cortney Davis illustrates the body with words as visually as an artist does with paints.

In a letter to friends and family, a nurse reflects on his past careers and his life, and looks to the challenges and journeys ahead.

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

The unhappy true story of one elderly patient's last Christmas.

When the maintenance man on the bike told them to skip work to look at the heavens, Comfort and Joy did just that.

"Before Valerie's visit, I had never heard the words 'post-abortion trauma.'"

On Christmas Eve, a frail, elderly woman teaches a young nurse and mother a lesson about life and Christmas.

Years ago, an Iraqi Jewish woman, married to an Iraqi Muslim man, spent Christmas in England at the bedside of their critically injured son.

Mr. & Mrs. Claus pay a Christmas Eve visit to a very special boy.

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

As an obstetrician, Michael Moreton has spent many a Christmas at work – and when it means multiple celebrations, he doesn't mind a bit.