Honored to be A Nurse

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When I became a certified nurse aide in a nursing home, I took on the technical skills of explaining grieving with the family and friends I took care of patients who were at end of their life. As a certified nurse aid I gave compassion and empathy and I felt hurt and pain when they felt hurt and pain. I made my patients feel comfortable when they needed comfort. Now Joe and me are on the other foot. He is my care taker, my nurse, From post polio syndrome , I have the paraylsis of seizures. We persist as a married team couple tough and I wou;dn’t have life without him We feel pain. love with each other and share emotions and sorrow, We are strong and take care of each others disabilities. My Nursing Picture as CNA in the Oregonian, FLU SEASON

About Sherry Joiner

Sherry Joiner is the author of Sherry Goes Sane: Living A Life With Schizo-Affective Disorder. She lives with bipolar and schizo-affective disorders. She is active as a speaker with NAMI in their In Our Own Voices programs, and also speaks at psych wards.

To learn more about Sherry, see About Sherry Joiner

To learn more about Sherry Goes Sane, see Sherry Goes Sane.

Sherry’s Events

Oct 4th First Friday Arts in Milwaukie, Oregon, Sherry’s display/ sale including her VIP portraits of politicians, Ethnic Paintings ,and her mental health memoirs will be available from5 pm-8 pm in Milwaukie, I will be there Booth 35. Please come by and enjoy yourselves. Thank you very much,, Artist and Author Sherry M. Joiner

May 25- May 27 2024, Multnomah County Fair, Oaks Park Pavilion, Portland, Oregon, Artist Sherry M joiner will be exhibiting four of her paintings, Hope to see you there.

Sept, 15-16 2023 Roseburg High Class Reunion, Roseburg Oregon. Abbys Pizza Place, Roseburg High Football Game, River Forks Park.

August 4 and Sept. 1, 2023 Sherry is displaying and selling her Mental Health Memoirs and Oil paintings at First Friday in Milwaukie, Oregon, 5pm-8pm.Thanks for coming by.

June 13/2023 Gave a Multnomah County Fair and Paintings Awards Presentation, Theme- OnThe Pond. North Clackamas Arts Guild, Milwaukie, Oregon.

May/27/2023-May/28/2023 Exhibiting four oil paintings at the Multnomah County Fair Pavillion Oaks Park Portland, Oregon

July/31/2022 10AM-4PM Participating in North Clackamas Arts Guild Art Sale at Goodwill Industries, 13500 SE 172nd Clackamas, Happy Valley, Oregon. Please come by and enjoy the art.

July 12, 2022 Presentation at North Clackamas Arts Guild Picnic. Giving speech about my Prized Paintings.

June 29-Oct 7/2022 Displayed five ethnic paintings I painted at Gladstone DMV, 10 82nd. Dr. Gladstone, Oregon. 97027

May 28/2022-May 30/ 2022 Entered four paintings I painted in the Multnomah County Fair. Theme of the exhibit is For All Those Who Serve, Memorial Day Weekend.

May 22/2022, Volunteer and participated in NAMI NW Walks Clackamas NAMI, Peninsula Park Portland Oregon. Walk for Awareness, to educate and advocate for anyone with mental health issues and to insure encouragement, hope and right the wrong of stigma. Every mental health matters.

. 7/15/2021 Donated two paintings and several Sherry Goes Sane and Last Miracle Maria books for raffle at Drop in Vaccine Center, Providence Willamette Falls Education Center for support of mental health issues, addiction, loved one, vaccine receivers and for the development of vaccines through NAMI Clackamas

5/29/2021- open 12-6pm to ticketed public-5/30/2021 12-4pm to ticketed public- Sherry exhibits three of her oil paintings at the Modified Multnomah County Fair, Oaks Park Ptld. Oregon, Theme, Honoring those who serve.

10/17-10/18/20. Sherry exhibits three of her oil paintings in the Modified Multnomah County Fair, at Oak’s Park, Portland, Oregon, Sat. 1 pm-6pm. Sun.11 am.-4pm. Please come by and enjoy. The theme of the show is “Honoring those who serve.”

5/30/20 NAMI WALKS NW, National Day of Hope, a virtual event. Did an internal 1/2 mile walk for mental illness, justice and peace.

3/25/20 Newspaper interview with Clackamas Review by Ellen Spitaleri about Last Miracle for Maria

9/21/19 NAMI Clackamas Roaring Twenties Benefit Auction at Gray Gables Estate, 3009 SE Chestnut Portland, Oregon. Sherry entered her portrait of a “Flapper,” in a silent auction that was bid on and donated to NAMI Clackamas office.

5/24/19-5/27/19 Sherry exhibits her paintings in the Multnomah County Fair, Oaks Amusement Park, Portland, Oregon, and receives Best of Show Award and two first place ribbons.

2/19/19-3/5/19 Sherry exhibits her paintings at the Cerimon House Main Gallery, for Her Art, A Collection of Women’s Art Exhibit.

2/3/19-2/13/19 Sherry creates Soul Boxes for Soul Box Exhibit- Gallery of Souls Exhibit, and displays her paintings at Cerimon House, 5131 NE 33rd Portland, Oregon 97111.

1/9/18-1/29/18 Sherry’s Art Exhibit at East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th, Portland, Oregon 97216

7/6/17 ‘Americana’ First Friday in Milwaukie at the Key Bank Booth, Sherry signs books and offers a chance to take picture with her painting- ‘Return to American Gothic,’ 5-9 pm.

5/9/17 Volunteer Outreach, Art Therapy Presentation to NAMI Clackamas at Faith Hill Church, Milwaukie,Oregon

3/13/17-4/13/17 Sherry’s Art Exhibit at the US Bank,16th and Weilder Portland, Oregon, 97232

2/22/17 Sherry speaks at the ‘Evening With An Expert’ Speaker-Sherry Goes Sane, Everything You Wanted to Know about Schizoaffective Disorder at Providence Glisan Hospital, Social Room, 6-8 pm.

7/7/16-7/8/16 Certified in Mental Health First Aid USA at Providence Hospital, Portland, Oregon, by Pamela Dunham

4/20/16 AK Learning Documentary- Final Interview on Schizoaffective Disorder, with Sherry M. Joiner and Dr. Ward T. Smith, produced by Professor Art Kohn, for Cengage, a college textbook publisher filmed by Dark Blue Morning Productions.

12/28/15 Sherry gives an author presentation of ‘Schizoaffective Disorder and Sherry Goes Sane,’ to Volunteer Ombudsmans at the First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main St. Vancouver, Washington 10:30-11:30am.

11/29/15 Sherry is speaker of ‘Living A Life With Schizoaffective Disorder, Sherry Goes Sane,’ to Humanists of Greater Portland at Friendly House Community Center, 1737 NW 26th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. 10 AM.

11/14/15 Sherry gives a special lunch time presentation of ‘Living A Life With Schizoaffective Disorer, Sherry Goes Sane’ – NAMI Oregon Annual Conference- Cascadia Ballroom, Village Green Resort, Cottage Grove, Oregon. Noon- 1pm.

10/13/15 Sherry is interviewed about Schizoaffective Disorder, by Jessica Pham, MS. Occupational Therapy Candidate and Megan Moreno, San Jose State University, California.

7/27/15 Sherry has a radio interview with KBOO Community Radio- 90.7 FM at 11 AM. Portland, Oregon. Broadcasts on air to Vancouver, WA., Corvallis, Hood River, and outlying areas.

2/12/15 Sherry talks with the State Legislatures in Salem, Oregon about mental health.

12/02/15 Sherry gives a Headline Keynote Address to NAMI Lane County’s Holiday Dinner, Lane Community Convention Center, Eugene, Oregon.

10/2/14 Sherry has a radio interview with Chrissie Hodges, ‘The Stigma of Mental Illness Radio Show,’ www.cosmicbroadcasting at 2pm.

9/25/14 Sherry’s author interview with Dr. Mickey Stellavato at the Oregon State Hospital Museum, Salem Oregon 2pm.

5/21/2014, 7pm – Sherry’s reading at Bloomsbury Books, 290 E Main, Ashland, OR.

5/03/2014 Sherry’s author talk at NorthStar Clubhouse 5600 NE Glisan St., Portland Oregon from 1pm-2pm.

5/16/2014 Radio Interview with “Jefferson Exchange” Jefferson Public Radio at SOU from 9am-10am.

3/5/14 Newspaper Interview with Clackamas Review by Ellen Spitaleri on Schizoaffective Disorder

6/30/15 IOOV Speaker to the Agency Reach CDC, Portland, Oregon 6/13/15 IOOV Speaker to Providence Famil2Family Class, Portland, Oregon 5/18/15 Author Presentation of Schizoaffective Disorder and Sherry Goes Sane, The First Unitarian Church, Buchan Bldg, Portland, Oregon, 4/15/15 IOOV Speaker to the SAIF Corporation, Portland, Oregon 3/14/15 IOOV Speaker to Providence Family2Family Class, Portland, Oregon 3/12/15 Outreach Volunteer IOOV Speaker to Elder Place at Hollywood Theater, Portland, Oregon, audience of 200 2/12/15 Talk with the State Legislatures, Salem, Oregon 12/02/14 Headline Keynote Speaker at NAMI Lane County’s Holiday Dinner, Lane Community Convention Center, Eugene, Oregon, audience of 200

Living for a Cause
A Peace Walk
Seems like it feels like somebody’s watching me
Pray for St. Francis Assisi
Spending the best off time with my Grand Girls a the Beach

Arts and Writing by Sherry

Expressions of Joy, Love, and Deep Emotion

Honored to be A Nurse

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