At ABODE, our hearts are extra touched when we can care for our veterans – especially one as beautiful as Sandy. Sandy was a colonel in the Air Force – an Air Force nurse, in fact. She spent her career as a researcher and leader in the nursing field, having managed the Air Force nurse education program and published numerous papers.

Her friends said she brought out the best in them – and in everyone she met. We could feel that. Sandy’s sweet spirit filled not just our Blue Room, but our whole house. Her sister barely left her side and was with her when she took her last breath.

We will keep both Sandy and her sister in our hearts.