Compassionate Mom Pillows

'Have a heart, officer... the little mite is starving!'

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

Medical personnel give their hearts

Christmas Pets

'You are a very good nurse. You're actually listening to what I'm saying.'

"Now, Mrs. Jones, repeat after me..."

"The patient in 12-C needs comforting."

'Hey, Mom, here comes Frankie's tailor!'

Father nursing his sick child

One tends to the sick. The other manages a large estate. Interestingly, a caregiver and a caretaker are not on opposite sides of an interaction.

"It's childhood. Your child has childhood."

"Peace. Love. Adopt."

NHS recruitment.

'Sorry, shortage of staff.'

'A willingness to sacrifice yourself to bring 'peace and succor to the suffering' is all very well Mother Theresa but I don't think it makes up for your lack of knowledge of current hand sanitisation protocols.'

"It's our latest targets...We have to do twice as much with half the stuff in a quarter of the time!"

Number of Overdoses in U.S. Continues to Incease

"On the other hand, his bedside manner is impeccable."

"Everything started when I became a stay-at-home-mom of three little monsters."

'Could you wear a Dr. Phil mask?'

"John says you've all been compassionate and caring! Would you please stop... or he'll expect that at home!"

The Crimean War and Florence Nightingale

'Underpaid, overworked, stressed and sick of criticism...still enough of my problems do you still need the toilet?'

She's good, but Mom's better.

"Oh come now, darling. When I was your age, I felt different, too."

"If you're going to write I think you have to draw upon your own experience."

Sweet Jailbreak

'Sure, I'm a working mother - is there any other kind?'

Humanitarian Medical Work

"What did you learn in school today that I'd object to?"

"He had a full two weeks."

'We're to spend more time engaging with patients on a more compassionate 'human' level...and here are the guidelines on how to do it!'

I'm afraid nurse Wilcox can't have a supportive caring chat with you until she's had the appropriate training.

Good Samaritan responding to hurt man: 'I'm part of God's TLC plan.'

'Your heart is slightly larger but that's because you're an animal lover.'