Lovingly Remembering with Gratitude

By Rosalina Fajardo

A California RN State Retiree in her golden years in the Golden State
From the Philippines, came to the United States on the Foreign Exchange Student Nurse Exchange Program in 1966 in Houston, Texas. Six months before the two years tenure of the exchange program, applied and took the State of California Board of Registered Nursing board exam to have obtained her RN license in 1969.
She worked as staff RN in several nursing departments to vary and broaden her experiences on the job, worked longest in the critical care nursing units years before she went into mental health nursing in Southern Californias Department of Forensic Mental Health at Patton State Hospital in more than twenty years to her retirement in September 2008. Most grateful as incredibly blessed in Gods love legacy, lived and loved her job and made her work on her most incredible journey to a better life among all others in the professional nursing career of varied job opportunities in most God- blessed great America- the land of opportunity for all giving back and making a difference. Nursing, a caring and most fulfilling career that gives back.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 8, 2015
• ISBN: 9781496953674

Rosalina Fajardo

Born poor in the barrio of Angin, Naguilian, La Union, Philippines the fifth of the six living children, raised by widowed mother before she was three years old. Meek, quiet girl, matured before her time as she took care of home chores including caregiver of her blind grandmother with her baby sister because she cannot be afforded to go to high school; anyway, she was still young as she was accelerated twice, finished elementary grades in four years. The town of Naguilian, La Union is nearest to the City of Baguio which is the summer capital of the Philippines. She worked for her board and lodging in her high school in Baguio City at her wealthy relative’s household as a housemaid when not in school. After high school as she waited for promise support to take a short college course she full time then at in Manil she worked as a laundry maid for a wealthy Chinese family of sixteen and a nanny later. With providential support she made it happen to have graduated from the school of Nursing with ambition perseverance, and strong determination of working hard. Becoming a registered nurse made her go into her most remarkable life journey to a better life in most God – blessed America with loved ones and relatives.

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Lovingly

Remembering

with Gratitude

Rosalina Fajardo

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Contents

Introduction

Some Things to Be Thankful For

Positive Perspective

My Childhood to Early Adulthood

My Childhood to Early Adulthood

My Coming to America

The Holy Bible

In America with My Foster Family

On My Golden Journey

On Our Marriage Journey

On Our Married Journey

Raising Our Child

From a Nurse to Retirement

Footprints in the Sands of Time

Author Biography

Sharing my story is my way of expressing my most grateful appreciation and honoring those who’ve touch my heart, made and impacted my life in many ways; their influence carries on till today. The story of lived testimony of the triumphs of God’s love being acknowledged herein on the following pages will hopefully pass on love and gratitude.

• Maria Catalina Caccam Sibayan. My ATM. Automatic Thanks Mom

• Fausta Cachero – Grandma, Sixta & Icasiano Tan, Gaudencio Francissa Tan, Leonarda Ferrer who showed so much kindness, love, and debts of gratitude from

• Erlinda Heraldo Zaleta sent me the providential handout that paid off my dues in the school of nursing unsolicited.

• Ms. Vilma Calo – Principal of Quezon Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, presented my plight to the board members of the city of Lucena which offered scholarship funding on my behalf when I was far behind on many months overdue on my board and lodging announced within terms and conditions thereafter.

• My brother Gilbert supported my finishing short course of 18 months Midwifery (School of Midwifery). Julita, my baby sister, helped me with our mom in obtaining the requirements of admission into the school of nursing, my other older brother Gene Sibayan who got me the guarantor of my fly-now-pay later plan coming to America under the Foreign Exchange – Student nurse program.

• Melecio and Agustina Estocapio – my Uncle and Aunt in Seattle, Washington paid the immigration lawyer to process my papers to allow my stay in the United States work as long as I wished.

• The G.G. Ross family