Jane Weiss

Jane Weiss spent most of her early years in Reading, Pennsylvania, with her parents, brother and sister. She graduated from West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing in Oak Park, Illinois, and after her four children were in school, earned a bachelor’s degree in healthcare communications from the University of Minnesota. Her career progressed from public health nurse to Long Term Care Services manager and from Senior Services education director to vice-president of Operations for one of Minnesota’s larger senior services companies. She has written and published numerous trade journal articles. During a position as healthcare public affairs writer, she was granted the Award for Excellence for Corporate Internal Newsletters, and also received a United Way Feature Article Award. This memoir is her first narrative nonfiction work. Nearing retirement, she is in an education and apprentice program to become a healing touch practitioner, works part-time in quality management for a nurse call center and adores spending time with any of our twelve grandchildren.