by An-Magriet McKerrell | Feb 20, 2024 | Uncategorised
In this past week the word “family” has taken on some very interesting meanings for me. I’m lucky because I come from a huge family scattered across the globe. The majority of us are the “usual suspects”… all a bit odd but no-one ever made it into the “Scope”...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Feb 13, 2024 | Uncategorised
My life is a constant misunderstanding due to auto-correct, my very Afrikaansness, some of our patients’ inability to communicate verbally and the fact that almost none of my staff speak English as a first language. This week was no different and resulted in many...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jan 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
When you’re in the business of caring for the sick and dying, you may tend to think that you’ll see a lot of heartache, trauma and tragedy. I find that mostly, we get to see the beauty in people, but that doesn’t stop me from being surprised at how truly...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jan 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
It is late Friday afternoon and I just came back from the IDT (inter-disciplinary team) meeting. This is our new tradition, where we all gather: carers, doctors, nurses, social worker and all involved in Zazen and the Lodge, to be together and connect. I didn’t quite...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jan 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
There is an old saying: may your bad luck last as long as your new year’s resolutions. I don’t believe in luck and if I stuck to my new year’s resolutions, ever, I would have been fluent in isiZulu by now. I would have read all the classics, would have played...
