ChapAmy
@vinnyroo.bsky.social
Board certified chaplain, hospice & palliative care, with a canine —Fr Vinny—by her side. Interested in the use of therapy animals in the provision of care. Writer. Advocate. Love books, fountain pens, British TV & a smoky bourbon. MDiv Fuller.
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.
The old man and I stepped out to a Cincinnati dog-friendly pub to get some work done and to be among the living. We had a busy week of spreading good among a dark national landscape. #cavalierkingcharles #hospice #chaplain #dogsofbluesky #workingdog
February 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The old man and I stepped out to a Cincinnati dog-friendly pub to get some work done and to be among the living. We had a busy week of spreading good among a dark national landscape. #cavalierkingcharles #hospice #chaplain #dogsofbluesky #workingdog
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Gratitude & grief can & do co-exist. Acknowledging that reality doesn’t make you ungrateful.
#Thanksgiving2024
#Thanksgiving2024
November 28, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Gratitude & grief can & do co-exist. Acknowledging that reality doesn’t make you ungrateful.
#Thanksgiving2024
#Thanksgiving2024
That Christian conservatives cited & linked supposed “death panels” to the dems in 09…but now 15 years later, with this incoming administration, there’s actually real danger for vulnerable populations. How long before we see low income elderly & disabled people taken out for the sake of cost? #faith
November 27, 2024 at 7:14 PM
That Christian conservatives cited & linked supposed “death panels” to the dems in 09…but now 15 years later, with this incoming administration, there’s actually real danger for vulnerable populations. How long before we see low income elderly & disabled people taken out for the sake of cost? #faith
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It is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
~ Mary Oliver
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
~ Mary Oliver
November 24, 2024 at 7:56 AM
It is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
~ Mary Oliver
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
~ Mary Oliver
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This is Enzo. He will carry on, but he will not be enthusiastic about it. 12/10
November 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
This is Enzo. He will carry on, but he will not be enthusiastic about it. 12/10
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #blueskydogs #dogs #dogtraining
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #blueskydogs #dogs #dogtraining
November 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #blueskydogs #dogs #dogtraining
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #blueskydogs #dogs #dogtraining
I still reel from the pandemic. I believe the virus was an evil force, a separate entity—stealing breath, isolating, stoking fear, dividing communities, mowing down the most disenfranchised. I’m forever haunted & inspired by those I cared for. And now this…a new beast coming to the U.S. in Jan.
November 26, 2024 at 9:54 PM
I still reel from the pandemic. I believe the virus was an evil force, a separate entity—stealing breath, isolating, stoking fear, dividing communities, mowing down the most disenfranchised. I’m forever haunted & inspired by those I cared for. And now this…a new beast coming to the U.S. in Jan.
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Periodic reminder to be kind to service workers.
Especially this year.
Especially this year.
November 25, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Periodic reminder to be kind to service workers.
Especially this year.
Especially this year.
It would be his last birthday at nearly a century old. My patient was surrounded by family & friends, but he preferred to feed his good friend doggy ice cream. He delighted in Vinny in his last months of life. #cavakierkingcharles #therapydog #hospice #blueskydogs
November 26, 2024 at 7:10 PM
It would be his last birthday at nearly a century old. My patient was surrounded by family & friends, but he preferred to feed his good friend doggy ice cream. He delighted in Vinny in his last months of life. #cavakierkingcharles #therapydog #hospice #blueskydogs
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
November 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
Here’s the first time I laid eyes on baby Vinny, in my breeder’s truck—it was love at first sight. My breeder has bred cavies for 30 years, initially for show, now for the health & legacy of the breed. She picked him out specifically for therapy work. But any dog that loves people can do this work.♥️
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Here’s the first time I laid eyes on baby Vinny, in my breeder’s truck—it was love at first sight. My breeder has bred cavies for 30 years, initially for show, now for the health & legacy of the breed. She picked him out specifically for therapy work. But any dog that loves people can do this work.♥️
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
November 25, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
He reads! What more could you want in a therapy dog? 😉 #hospice #palliativecare #workingdogs #cavaliers
November 24, 2024 at 5:37 PM
He reads! What more could you want in a therapy dog? 😉 #hospice #palliativecare #workingdogs #cavaliers
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
November 24, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
There is hard in hospice, but beauty can run just as deep. Here’s a beloved patient w/ late stage dementia who’s non-verbal. When I place Vinny on his lap a part of his brain engages. He animates. He smiles, coos to Vinny & his hands move over his soft, weighty body.The two connect & it’s beautiful
November 24, 2024 at 6:35 AM
There is hard in hospice, but beauty can run just as deep. Here’s a beloved patient w/ late stage dementia who’s non-verbal. When I place Vinny on his lap a part of his brain engages. He animates. He smiles, coos to Vinny & his hands move over his soft, weighty body.The two connect & it’s beautiful
Chilly, cloudy Cincinnati fall day. Evening w/ friends: Sweet potato, lentil curry, homemade bread & a viewing of the new doc on Martha Stewart. Kept Vinny on the leash in case the resident cats made an appearance. (They did not.)
November 24, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Chilly, cloudy Cincinnati fall day. Evening w/ friends: Sweet potato, lentil curry, homemade bread & a viewing of the new doc on Martha Stewart. Kept Vinny on the leash in case the resident cats made an appearance. (They did not.)
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy …
November 21, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy …
A day in the life: staff breakfast| visit w/a patient in distress| four-hour interdisciplinary meeting; he slept| table time while I charted| more visits|celebration of life event for a favorite patient| home for walk, bone & dinner. #cavalierkingcharles #dogs #blueskydogs #therapydog #hospuce
November 21, 2024 at 1:05 AM
A day in the life: staff breakfast| visit w/a patient in distress| four-hour interdisciplinary meeting; he slept| table time while I charted| more visits|celebration of life event for a favorite patient| home for walk, bone & dinner. #cavalierkingcharles #dogs #blueskydogs #therapydog #hospuce
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He’s not just a therapy dog.
Vinny navigates our trips to patient homes and facilities. Do not underestimate a dog with a good sense of direction. #cavalierkingcharles #therapydog #workingdog #dogs #blueskydogs #spaniels #hospice
Vinny navigates our trips to patient homes and facilities. Do not underestimate a dog with a good sense of direction. #cavalierkingcharles #therapydog #workingdog #dogs #blueskydogs #spaniels #hospice
November 16, 2024 at 11:15 PM
He’s not just a therapy dog.
Vinny navigates our trips to patient homes and facilities. Do not underestimate a dog with a good sense of direction. #cavalierkingcharles #therapydog #workingdog #dogs #blueskydogs #spaniels #hospice
Vinny navigates our trips to patient homes and facilities. Do not underestimate a dog with a good sense of direction. #cavalierkingcharles #therapydog #workingdog #dogs #blueskydogs #spaniels #hospice
The world is a far better place with therapy dogs. This is Vinny, aka Father Vinny. ♥️ #therapydogs #dogs #cavalierkingcharles #spaniels #workingdogs #blueskydogs
November 16, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The world is a far better place with therapy dogs. This is Vinny, aka Father Vinny. ♥️ #therapydogs #dogs #cavalierkingcharles #spaniels #workingdogs #blueskydogs
What’s Vinny’s work? He sits on laps, snuggles in beds, smiles into sad eyes, & has two impressive tricks. Vin brings normalcy into the abnormal. He loves on the lonely. His gentle ways open up difficult conversations. #hospice #workingdogs #cavalierkingcharles #blueskydogs
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
What’s Vinny’s work? He sits on laps, snuggles in beds, smiles into sad eyes, & has two impressive tricks. Vin brings normalcy into the abnormal. He loves on the lonely. His gentle ways open up difficult conversations. #hospice #workingdogs #cavalierkingcharles #blueskydogs