I’m listening right now to police and news choppers hovering overhead. The sound is relentless. Ominous. Heavy with heartbreak. Distinct with the rumble of grief. Apparently there was a suicide this morning at the high school near my home. A student. At 7:48 AM.
peace
When the Pyxis attacks.
Right at shift change I knew that something was wrong. My gut was screaming to start the day by checking her first. Things just didn’t seem right. Her labs looked terrible. SHE looked terrible. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
Claw marks on the Merry Christmas Highway.
No one chooses their story. No matter how well we plan, how tightly we control our moments, we really have no idea what our lives will hold. We press forward Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When Christmas and puny collide.
There wasn’t even a hint of daylight yet, but I was wide awake with an aching body groaning to get out of this bed. I’ve been fighting to remain at “baseline” Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On the moving of my ever-lovin’ cheese.
I went to a meeting recently where the speaker began by saying that we need to keep an open mind. Well, I’ve been Debi long enough to know that Debi just doesn’t do that well. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On wrestling with that ice-cold bucket of Plan B.
These last few months have been full of accepting unwanted realities. Actually, my last few years have been weighted pretty heavily 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 spinning plates and already craving Monday.
The chaos of nursing tends to get to me at times. Those who have the distinct pleasure of either living or working with me Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On simply relaxing.
It may not be apparent in whatever chaos surrounds you at this moment, Continue reading
