Department: Bedside Stories

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.

While working with MSF, a Canadian doctor sees that a world of difference exists between her original view of "hospital" and that which others experience.

A touching encounter between a teen and a frightened 5-year-old as they both undergo treatment in an infusion center.

Illness, death, humor, and a happy ending – this true story has it all.

A writer talks to her friend about his life with Alzheimer's.

A woman recounts the story of her family members' battles with cancer, and the hospice nurse who touched their hearts.

Sometimes the smallest people teach the biggest lessons.

Trying to understand the life – past and present – of an elderly person.

As her daughter undergoes brain surgery, a woman gains strength and support from strangers around the world.