Rejection…
posted over 2 years ago | 9 comments
Life can certainly get complicated at times.
I had to take anatomy and physiology before I could get into nursing school. I had to take microbiology, pharmacology, English, Speech, and Child Development, too. And then, all the nursing courses, an...
I had to take anatomy and physiology before I could get into nursing school. I had to take microbiology, pharmacology, English, Speech, and Child Development, too. And then, all the nursing courses, an...
A Special Blend..
posted over 2 years ago | 9 comments
The weekend is over, and Dylan has gone home. I am tired, but happy. I had the opportunity to spend time with people I love and people I like to be around. Some are related to me and some are not.
What makes it interesting is the blend. If you at...
What makes it interesting is the blend. If you at...
Ok Grandma…You Can Look Now..
posted over 2 years ago | 9 comments
Those words make me smile, thinking back to when and how they happened. Dylan was just six years old and we were watching the second Jurassic Park movie, on the television, at my house.
Grandpa was in his recliner and Dylan and I were together on...
Grandpa was in his recliner and Dylan and I were together on...
A Letter to All My Patients…
posted over 2 years ago | 12 comments
To those of you I have tried to help…past, present, and future.
On the eve of my twenty-fifth anniversary as a registered nurse at the local hospital, I have some thoughts to share with you.
First, I have to thank you for helping me become a be...
On the eve of my twenty-fifth anniversary as a registered nurse at the local hospital, I have some thoughts to share with you.
First, I have to thank you for helping me become a be...
Thoughts About Fall…
posted over 2 years ago | 6 comments
I have been sitting in the living room, sewing and thinking, for about an hour. I am finished now with a hand sewing project that I started a month ago. Right now, I am basking in the glow of success: the project is completed.
And all that thinki...
And all that thinki...
Simple Days…
posted over 2 years ago, updated 14 minutes later | 5 comments
It was a beautiful, late summer evening tonight.
I finished my work and I needed to take some things in to the home health agency office. It was around six when I left home, headed downtown.
It didn’t take me long to turn in my paperwork, and l...
I finished my work and I needed to take some things in to the home health agency office. It was around six when I left home, headed downtown.
It didn’t take me long to turn in my paperwork, and l...
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
posted over 2 years ago | 5 comments
Yes, they were commercial. Yes, they were mainstream. I was mainstream, too. I loved folk songs and, when Peter, Paul and Mary came along, I loved their versions of the folk songs.
She never spoke on stage…part of her mystique. But she sang her h...
She never spoke on stage…part of her mystique. But she sang her h...
Reconnections...
posted over 2 years ago | 8 comments
Sometimes, the unexpected just happens. I like it that way. Too much planning can ruin something….I think.
And today has been one of those days. I went to a seminar today, an update on the latest “best practices” in wound care. I always learn som...
And today has been one of those days. I went to a seminar today, an update on the latest “best practices” in wound care. I always learn som...
The Relative Importance of Being Me…
posted over 2 years ago | 10 comments
I have never really understood the concept of envy. I mean, sure, I have thought I envied someone else before but, on closer examination, or deeper thought, I have realized that it was not meant to be. For me.
Basically, even when I wished for so...
Basically, even when I wished for so...
A Dose of Happy...
posted over 2 years ago | 8 comments
I came to home health nursing later in my career. I spent many years as a hospital nurse, working all shifts and in many different specialties. I took a job in home health because I needed to get out of nursing management, and I had to work somewh...
