One year after my mild stroke in May 2012, I returned to San Juan De Dios College to give thanks.I was privileged to join the GE faculty from 2003 to 2009. It was at the height of the popularity of nursing. San Juan De Dios then had 10 sections of freshmen BSN with at least 43 students per section.

When I was confined at the ICU and eventually in a private room I was given non-intrusive care by the nurses several of whom were my former students. I appreciated the reserved but friendly attitude of the nurses reminiscent of the respectful atmosphere in all my classes at San Juan De Dios.

I never completely left San Juan De Dios. What with the social media. Even my website linked me to former students, faculty and staff. I did not realize how powerful the Internet could be in my personal life till Marc Co, my website creator, presented the benefits of technology during a seminar given by my husband and Marc Co at San Juan De Dios last July 12.