Don’t you think it would do humanity some good Continue reading
invisible disease
From me to that lady at Target.
For some reason, I haven’t told a single person about you. I’m sure it’s a little bit due to embarrassment on my part, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On Turmeric Rice yesterday, but please … not today.
My husband and I went out to dinner last night and I had the most amazing Turmeric Rice. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On the interrupted lunch of a nurse.
As a nurse on a fast-paced telemetry unit, each and every shift is a blur of call lights, monitors, meds, rounding doctors, ringing phones, and endless beeps. There are ECGs to read, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On grumpy simple craving.
Sometimes I really want things to just get easier. I can’t help it. I do. I know I probably seem like a bratty bellyacher even thinking like that, but today … I really can’t seem to help myself. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When you’re staring down Monday.
No matter what your profession, there are just some days where a little help is needed to put one foot in front of the other and go do it all over again.
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On story sharing.
There is such beauty in openness, isn’t there? We have much to learn from each other, but we’re so consumed in our chaos du jour that we don’t even realize this.
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On simply relaxing.
It may not be apparent in whatever chaos surrounds you at this moment, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When today is just all you’re gonna get.
It was late in the afternoon on my first shift of two-in-a-row. So far, it had been a pretty calm day – a rare gift on my crazy unit. My patient team had been manageable, I was amazingly caught up on my charting, and everything was looking pretty good for an on-time departure.
Then my phone rang – I had a new patient coming up from the ED. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When Lupus smacks you right down to your painful knees.
I probably should’ve known when that sneaky weariness smacked me from out of nowhere late Monday morning. Continue reading
