Today, for the first show of the new year, it's my honor to present Becki Hawkins, R.N., a kind, compassionate oncology nurse, who also is a hospice chaplain.

Becki, author of Transitions: A Nurse's Education about Life and Death, will entertain you with poignant, humorous, and heartbreaking stories about patients she helped during her 30-year career as a nurse.

I've been wanting to interview Becki for more than a year. I first had the pleasure of "meeting" her over the phone after her book came out a