Nancy's Nook Podcast

In this podcast, my guest, Jenn, talks about her daughter's diagnosis of Leukemia. The support of her family and her husband's family. Jenn shares what day-to-day life was like keeping up with the work schedule while fitting in travel to the hospital on a weekly basis.

Nancy's Nook looks back on the first year of the podcast. A review of contents and past guests. One year down! Nancy's Nook wants to specially thank Travis (Oscar Mike Radio) for all the support this past year. You can teach an old dog new tricks!!! Thank you, Travis!

In this episode, Grace talks about her next chapter as a pharmacist resident at an out of state hospital. She will experience her new role and title as a doctor. She also reflects back on her years as a student.

In this episode I talk about my experiences with being an advocate. Whether or not it was for me, my parents or my daughters, I made sure to advocate for them as best I could. I was always taught to speak up when something doesn't seem correct. Hopefully, I have expressed how important it is to have a voice.

In this episode, Beth talks about the foster care system and how she fostered a daughter. She shares her experiences with the foster system and her experiences fostering an older child. Beth talks about how her two older biological sons shared in the decision to foster a child.

My guest Ryan talks about the many transitions we experience in life. His experience in particular transitioning from college to working full time. Another major transition he shares is transitioning into married life.

What life changing event did my guest Mary endure? Tune in to listen what Mary has to say about the death of her son. What got her through it and how faith and family gave her strength.

What life changing event did my guest Mary endure? How faith and family gave her strength with the death of her son.

What life changing event did my guest Mary endure? Listen as Mary talks about the death of her son and how faith and family helped her through it.

What life changing event did my guest Mary endure. Find out how faith and family helped her through the death of her son.

My guest Mary talks about the death of her son and how faith and family got her through.

What is tradition? It's the great memories we share with family and friends! On this podcast, I talk about my Easter traditions as Easter is celebrated this weekend. Christmas and Easter are my favorite holidays to celebrate with family. Growing up in the city we didn't have much but we had our traditions and memories which I will always cherish and hopefully pass along to my children. I h...

Listen to my guest Lisa talk about the loves of her life, her three daughters, two of which are surprise twins. She talks about juggling work and home life with some help from family.

I talk about my years working for a Massachusetts state agency. Funny and unbelievable stories. You can't make this stuff up!

In this episode, I interview Pete who is a father of two adult children. Pete shares what his family went through when his daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia.

When you think about vacation what do you remember the most? I like to observe and remember the people I meet and memories to keep for a lifetime. In this episode I recollect the people I encounter and fun stories while on vacation in Aruba!

In Episode 17, I describe what it was like for my family to be stranded in Aruba for five days after our vacation was over. Our fears and worries about how to get back home.

In this episode, I share the stories of the twenty years I spent as a Justice of the Peace. Some funny, some sad and some very happy weddings I was a part of over the years. I hope you enjoy!

This episode is about the life of my father. His background, education and raising a family. It's about the challenges we faced as he entered the world of dementia and all of its devastating effects.

In episode 14, Jill, a nurse practitioner, describes her career and how she balances home life and work. Jill talks about how she is a mother of two adult children and worked as a nurse practitioner throughout their lives at Dana Farber in Boston. She talks about how she became interested in her field. Jill is one of the many medical staff at Dana Farber saving lives every day.

In this Thanksgiving years past episode 13, I talk about all the great holiday memories and traditions I have from childhood. I also talk about holiday memories and traditions I have with my family.

My oldest daughter, Rose, talks about how and why she chose music as her career. She remembers the pivotal moment in high school she knew music was her passion. Music has always played a major role in her life. The love she has for music is what she wants to teach and share with her middle school students.

My guest, Stacey, shares her experiences having a child as an older parent. What life is like before and after having a baby. Stacey also shares losing her mother just after her daughter is born. Her struggles with raising her daughter without her mother to share in the day-to-day joys and events. How she will be her mother's legacy for her own child and how important that is for her to share.

In episode 10, I talk about what's next for me. My children don't need me anymore so what am I going to do? The empty nest is a real problem. I've built my life around my children so maybe that's what I'm good at. So I chose babysitting as my next chapter.

In episode 9, I talk about my beautiful and successful daughters and what they are doing now. College and careers - what lies ahead? The next chapter for my daughters and for my retirement. How do I keep busy when I'm no longer needed?