In my profession, I see a whole lot of skin. It’s not only the largest human organ, Continue reading
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When a nurse just has a moment.
I don’t necessarily think you have to be a nurse to experience these, but that’s when I first started noticing them myself. They’ve been with me through my first five years of practice, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On nursing and the unrelenting peck of addiction.
I’m a walking contradiction. I’m an extroverted introvert who has an internal compulsion to Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On redefining normal and scraping the burnt off your toast.
Nurses see some pretty awful things. I love what I do, but this is the honest truth. On a daily basis we watch as the ravages of disease take hold and Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When all you can say is Hallelujah.
What kind of love is this?? I mean, really. How could I – this sin-filled, self-absorbed, whiney little weakling Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On aching for Sunday.
Early morning garden … new beauty unfolding … promises of new life abundant in the morning’s coolness. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When this morning we’re different.
I’m watching and listening as God makes a morning. I wish you could Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When they just want you to know they’re still here.
She told me she doesn’t remember the day we met. Honestly, I don’t see how she could, she had been so sick when I had admitted her the week before. I had been floated to the PCU that day, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On 37 years of engineering brilliance, and the finite life of a garage door opener.
So here’s what I’m thinking about today: garage door openers. Suddenly Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When your sleep is actually weirder than you are.
You’re lying there and a slow awareness slips in. That pit has enveloped you again. It’s not comfortable here. Nor is it restful. Or healing. At all. This is not that delicious place where you want to stretch and linger as the new morning dawns. Continue reading
