About Laurel Rae Dickinson

Laurel Rae Dickinson started her life during the Great Depression on an Iowa farm. The third daughter of a farmer who needed boys she was expected to command mules, drive tractors, milk the cows, and keep the old sow in line. While she did her best, in the end she didn't prove as "manly" as her two older sisters and may have been a disappointment to her father.

Her Career and Turning Point

This changed after her "accidental" entry into the nursing profession. She started out as assistant to a neurosurgeon and eventually found the high adrenaline life as an emergency room nurse where she rose to be the director.

Overcoming Adversity

Just as her career and family life should have been peaking, everything started falling apart as she found herself divorced and lying in her own emergency room with a broken neck looking up at her co-workers. For many, this would have been the end or at least a dimming of the light. But for Laurel, it turned out to be just a new beginning.

Her Journey

From a hog farm in Iowa to finding a bit of Heaven on Earth, Laurel's journey offers great insights into opportunity, courage, priorities, perseverance, and love. Follow her story of resilience and hope.