Ode to a Plastic Bottle----NOT!!
posted 6 months ago | 8 comments
(I'm on a roll today: this is my third posting of the day and I have one more to go. I love having a day off from work except, a patient just called me: nobody is scheduled to see her to do her wound care so, guess who's headed to her house to do ...
“Jack and Diane”
posted 6 months ago | 7 comments
So I’m sitting here, listening to “Jack and Diane” by John Mellencamp. Remember when he was John Cougar Mellencamp? Maybe that was before “cougar” took on a new connotation and he didn’t want to be part of it………..Anyway, I’m sure some of you are d...
Early Morning Thoughts
posted 6 months ago | 6 comments
Yesterday began with such happiness. I awoke thinking about something funny my friend said to me, and I laughed out loud. I arose full of joy and expectations. Somewhere, mid-morning, my happiness came crashing down around me, enveloped in a cloud...
You and Me
posted 6 months ago | 6 comments
To life, there is a flow
And with it, I must go.
Something might need to be said
But never when we are in bed.
Life is for sharing,
For laughing and caring,
Helping each other see
How wonderful life can be.
I will be there to care for you,
Make ...
And with it, I must go.
Something might need to be said
But never when we are in bed.
Life is for sharing,
For laughing and caring,
Helping each other see
How wonderful life can be.
I will be there to care for you,
Make ...
Daddy
posted 6 months ago | 2 comments
He was strong, tall, and straight as an arrow. He knew absolutely everything.
He was a Marine. He was handsome, intelligent, witty, kind, caring and a wonderful daddy. I used to like to sit on the bathroom counter and watch him shave. When he pu...
He was a Marine. He was handsome, intelligent, witty, kind, caring and a wonderful daddy. I used to like to sit on the bathroom counter and watch him shave. When he pu...
What Is Going On?
posted 7 months ago | 11 comments
Will somebody please tell me how health care got so messed up? I don’t think there is a person in this country who doesn’t have a horror story to tell. Mine are no different; it’s just that I’m part of health care…..a registered nurse working in h...
For Lynn
posted 7 months ago | 1 comment
I remember the day we unplugged my father's ventilator. It was very difficult to stand there, helpless, and let him go. I was glad that I told him that morning, whispering into the ear of his deep coma, that I loved him and that I would be alright...
Sometimes I really, really wish that I could be a…
posted 7 months ago | 5 comments
(My granddaughter, Noelle, is spending the weekend with me. She wrote this poem and asked me to send it to a friend of mine; and I asked her if she would like me to post it on my blog. She is 8 years old.)
Sometimes I really, really wish that I c...
Sometimes I really, really wish that I c...
Thoughts of Love
posted 7 months ago | 3 comments
Is there, perhaps, someone out there for me?
Someone unencumbered, to share my dreams?
Would he know me if he saw me?
And would I be what he was hoping for?
Or, would I be a silly old woman,
Falling for the usual lover’s clichés?
A hopeless roman...
Someone unencumbered, to share my dreams?
Would he know me if he saw me?
And would I be what he was hoping for?
Or, would I be a silly old woman,
Falling for the usual lover’s clichés?
A hopeless roman...
Where Am I Going?
posted 7 months ago | 3 comments
(Had to take time out from real life to write love poems)
As I rush headlong
Thru this valley in my life,
Am I headed toward immeasurable joy?
Or merely racing away from previous mistakes?
Is the object of my mad dash
A sparkling prize in the di...
As I rush headlong
Thru this valley in my life,
Am I headed toward immeasurable joy?
Or merely racing away from previous mistakes?
Is the object of my mad dash
A sparkling prize in the di...
