Theoretical Concerns I would like to begin this column by stating that I am excited about my new role as Contributing Editor of Nursing Science

writing in the Teaching-Learning Column over the past sev-eral years and now look forward to new explorations of ideas for the development of theory in nursing. This particular vol-ume of Nursing Science Quarterly is dedicated to showcas-ing and appreciating the work of nurse theorist, Rosemarie Rizzo Parse. Her involvement with theory development in nursing, particularly her contribution of the humanbecom-ing school of thought, is a significant gift to nursing science. I would like to focus, in this column, on the contributions of her thinking on true presence. Although the concept of pres-ence is not unique to nursing, which you will see as you read on in this column, the concept of true presence is unique to humanbecoming nursing. The postulates and principles of humanbecoming, that provide the grounding for true pres-ence, will be explored along with an overview on presence as an important construct in being human. Presence, with all its various connotations, is like the process of moving through the eye of the needle