Nan Johnson was blessed to have what she calls a moment of divine grace enter her life and awaken her when she was twelve years old. While she went on to complete college and graduate school and have a career in healthcare, her constant rudder was the search for the deeper meaning of life. Nan believed a career in healthcare, serving people who were suffering in some way, complemented this quest for meaning. She dedicated over thirty years in the medical field in San Diego, California, at a variety of institutions from small private practices to large medical centers. Nan was the executive director for five years at the innovative, integrative health center of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. For the last sixteen years of her career, Nan found her calling in hospice and end-of-life care. Throughout her career Nan was in management and leadership positions, overseeing operations, business development, and clinical teams. At one juncture in the hospice field, she had over 250 staff reporting up to her through her managers and directors. She aspired to be a leader who inspired, provided clear direction, Legacy of Love 230 and upheld accountability and transparency. The hospice mission, patients, families, and her staff always came first. While her roles and responsibilities kept her very busy, she was blessed to have a lifelong partner, Connie Villa, to share life with. Together over 25 years, they were legally married in 2014. They were fortunate to be able to take trips to see family and do what they loved most, being in nature. Their travel took them to the Grand Canyon for river rafting, the Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu, Yosemite, Monterey, Big Sur, New Mexico, Vancouver, Hawaii, the Grand Tetons, and Idaho among many other sites. Many of the photos in this book are from their trips to these places. Through it all, Nan had a lifelong passion to explore spirituality in its various forms and take workshops and retreats with different wisdom teachers. She did this over three decades. Her book, Legacy of Love, is a culmination of what she has learned along the way. She always had a desire to write books, and even though she did not get to write as many as she had hoped, there has been no better way to share some of herself and what she has learned than writing this book for you.
