June 10, 2023

Dear Sandi—
It is odd I am writing you a letter after you have died, particularly since I am uncertain whether you can read it and also because our connections in life, during the four years we shared the halls of Lancaster Catholic High School were non-existent. In retrospect, I recall your being near the beginning of our yearbook due to the privileged alphabetical position of your surname.
But you were fortunate to have devoted your life to infant humans in the fragile area between life and death, when the plans and expedients of nature are thwarted by random birth—or worse—complications requiring birth. I suspect that your expert ministrations saved many children and also offered comfort to expectant mothers experiencing more than was expected. Surely, your comforting hands and soothing voice must have accompanied many a child into the throes of existence and many a women into the ambiguous elations of  motherhood. You witnessed births that were either too early or too distorted. In this context you perceived what no one wants to witness and yet you persevered in caring—for the living and nonliving, for the loving and non-loved.
It is perhaps not surprising you loved to travel to destinations other than a contracting and hopeful womb where miracles are routinely expected  and sometimes do not occur according to the guide. I can imagine you on Hawaii looking into the cosmos of human motherhood and smiling ruefully.
It would be rude to attempt to imagine your life apart from work, besides the traveling. Were you lonely, longing for time’s accoutrements in an eternal bargain? I will never know and am not sure if you will. But I am certain the reward on earth, with thousands of contented mothers and children, is surely greater than what eternity could provide, with its repetitions. We, you and our species, have lived on (and normally joyously) because of what you did day by day and even minute by minute. To many, yours was the face of God, the only one, the infants’ smile.
Thanks for the days on the Hill.
James Draude

May 30, 2023

At a loss for words Sandy will be missed prayers for her family and NICU friends
Jeanne Hamerly

May 30, 2023

I am so sorry for your loss. Sandy was a wonderful person, friend, and great nurse.  She will be missed by all her knew her. She is now at peace with our Lord. 
Angie Pantaloni Barnhart

May 29, 2023

I am saddened to have lost such a dear cousin and I send my deepest condolences to you Brian!  
Patricia Painter

May 28, 2023

So sorry for the loss you are feeling.  Sandi and I had many talks while at LCHS.  She was a very kind person.   
Valerie Capp

May 28, 2023

Dear Family,
Please accept my condolences to you and know that I knew Sandy from grade school through high school.  A sweet girl and friend.  Linda Childs

May 27, 2023

My sweet friend and HMC NICU mentor. My heart is broken but she is in Gods hands now and heavenly home. We always had a special connection and always will. My thoughts are with you BC!🌺💔
Kathy Bakota

May 27, 2023

So sorry to see Sandi passed away. Condolences to her family. 
Love
Kitty Cuskey