“The ambulance just took your father to the hospital.” I don’t remember hearing many of the words that immediately followed. My dad, Charlie Samar, has spent 85 years on this earth. I’ve been lucky enough to call him “Dad” for the past 58 of them. Last month, I flew to Phoenix on a Tuesday to … More Happy Father’s Day to My Dad, With Love
Marcia Haynes has completed the “dash” of her life, and the Port Huron Area has lost one of its greatest champions. … More MARCIA HAYNES: Thank You for Being a Friend
The Library of Michigan requested all back issues of Blue Water Woman magazine so they can be cataloged in the Michigan Periodicals reference section of the library. … More Blue Water Woman Magazine Immortalized at Library of Michigan
Happy 30th anniversary to me. Thirty years ago today, I moved to Port Huron. Oh, what a ride! I’ve officially lived in Port Huron longer than I’ve lived in any other city in my life, so, of course, Port Huron has definitely become my “adopted” hometown. When I moved here in 1992, I was just … More Happy 30th Anniversary to Me
Registered Nurse Danielle Nowiski of Lake Huron Medical Center is tired. She is tired of working countless hours watching previously healthy people die from a virus that would not have killed them, had they only gotten a vaccination. … More DANIELLE NOWISKI: Medical Crisis
Being “home for the holidays” with family can take on any number of new meanings if you allow it to. Family is anyone who loves and cares for you. … More Home for the Holidays With Family
So, during this past winter of COVID, while many people wiled away their excess free time reading books or binge-watching Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu, I passed the time sitting in emergency departments and physician waiting rooms.
Hey, a gal’s gotta be somewhere, right? … More The Year My Warranty Expired
Editor’s Note: Make sure you read the entire Summer 2020 issue of Blue Water Woman, and be sure to sign up for your FREE subscription so the magazine is delivered to your email box every quarter! By Patti Samar If Pam Baunoch and Becky Mayes are nothing else, they are ready. Ready and willing to … More PAM BAUNOCH & BECKY MAYES: Managing Emergencies
Editor’s Note: Make sure you read the entire Summer 2020 issue of Blue Water Woman, and be sure to sign up for your FREE subscription so the magazine is delivered to your email box every quarter! By Dale Hemmila Christine Robinet is a doer. A nurse practitioner at Physician HealthCare Network’s Macomb Family Practice, Robinet … More CHRISTINE ROBINET: Protecting Patients
Editor’s Note: Make sure you read the entire Summer 2020 issue of Blue Water Woman, and be sure to sign up for your FREE subscription so the magazine is delivered to your email box every quarter! By Dale Hemmila Early on in the Coronavirus 19 pandemic, if you found yourself nearly a thousand miles from … More SARAH VANDERHEUVEL: Stepping Up