Emporia Presbyterian Manor
SEPTEMBER 2022
Editor’s Note: In a nod to our Presbyterian heritage, we regularly feature a column from a PMMA® chaplain in our newsletter. This month’s column comes from Dinah Dutta, chaplain at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor®.
Knitted together By Chaplain Dinah Dutta
Staff spotlight:
Dawn Andersh
Dawn Andersh joined the Emporia Presbyterian Manor family in May as our new director of nursing. Dawn has been in long-term care for more than 20 years and says it was the residents she met while working as a certified nurse’s aide early in her career that inspired her to go into the field. Although she has only been at Emporia Presbyterian Manor for a few months, Dawn says the community has already made her feel at home.
I have several friends who like to knit. They create beautiful things through knitting. The churches I serve as a pastor Dinah Dutta make quilts that we send to Lutheran World Federation. They are distributed all over the world. Quilting requires choosing a fabric, cutting, piecing it together, and finally stitching and tying the quilt. I always wanted to learn to quilt. I could not find the time to meet groups when they met. Finally, I asked my church members who quilt, if they could give me a quilt to take home so that I can tie it. The quilting group from my church let me do that. I have to make marks on the fabric to tie the knots, slowly, carefully, I tie each knot. I learned patience and perseverance are very important to tying the knots. Well, where am I going with this?
“I love the support and kindness that EPM has showed me, and I especially enjoy working with the residents and their families,” said Dawn. Dawn has two children, one grandson (with another one on the way), two dogs and a cat. When she’s not at the community, she enjoys spending time with family and being outdoors. u Dawn Andersh, director of nursing
As I continue to struggle to understand the situation we are facing in the country, we call America the Beautiful, the image of a quilt or a knitted, crocheted product comes
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