First Person Archive — Page 2 of 2

Panoramic view of colourful terraced houses lining the coast above a sandy beach in Tenby, Wales, with a promenade, footbridges, and scattered beachgoers below.
March 30, 2020

We were 200 miles from London when the travel ban was announced. Getting home was an adventure.

At 1:30 a.m. my phone pinged. “Just wondering about your reaction to Trump announcement,” I read. What announcement?

By Wayne Wood
A woman sits at a home computer during a telemedicine appointment, with a video call showing a nurse practitioner on the monitor. A nameplate reads “JILL CLENDENING.”
March 30, 2020

I was nervous about using telehealth. It turned out to be one of the best health care appointments I’ve ever had.

Telehealth gets an A+ for keeping me connected

By Jill Clendening
Sepia-toned photo of two young children leaning over a wooden railing outdoors.
July 24, 2019

VUMC employees share memories with “99 Words of Summer”

In memories that range from rural Georgia to New England to Alaska and beyond, Medical Center employees recall summer days and summer nights.

By Wayne Wood
An adult woman holds a young girl outdoors as the girl blows soap bubbles through a wand, with sunlit greenery in the background.
June 12, 2019

Share your stories with VUMC Voice’s “99 words of summer”

Vacations, camp, baseball games, cutting the grass, watching soap operas, swimming, fireflies in the fading light…

By Wayne Wood
Smiling couple wearing colorful flower leis in a sunny outdoor selfie.
February 11, 2019

Medical Center sweethearts share “99 Words of Love,” part 2

How can you tell the story of a lifetime in 99 words (or fewer)? Here’s how some Vanderbilt University Medical Center lovers did it.

By Wayne Wood
Nine red hand-drawn heart designs arranged in a three-by-three grid on a white background, using varied scribbled, crosshatched, looped, and outlined styles.
February 11, 2019

Medical Center sweethearts share “99 Words of Love,” part 1

How can you tell the story of a lifetime in 99 words (or fewer)? Here’s how some Vanderbilt University Medical Center lovers did it.

By Wayne Wood