Category: 2020
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To know by heart
“Trying to forget you is like trying to forget your first house; you know everything about it by heart”…
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Submerged
People tell me I’m a strong person, I’m not strong…I fall apart everyday, and I feel the weight of a thousand tons sink into my stomach.. submerged, yet I somehow don’t drown maybe that’s because I have a God who is strong.
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The red headed step children
As the dust settles and I am finally able to come up for fresh air, I have been reflecting on the past months of 2020. I am so proud of my PICU crew in ways that no one can understand. It has always been the PICU staff that seems to be forgotten, yet expected so…
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This is my girl Zooey
This is my girl Zooey 🥰“Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.”
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The waves are what give the ocean character
Right now I could use the tranquility of the ocean. From sunrise to sunset, the ocean speaks volumes to my soul. I belong there. It’s very rare that you find a beach with the perfect view of the sunrise and sunset. (I haven’t been to very many beaches, except for all those on the eastern…
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Before you pass judgment
So I finally had a few days off where I could breathe, and catch up on sleep. Honestly I didn’t think about anything, I just needed few days of “non-deep thinking”. (Which is a pretty big deal for me) So first order of business, I went and got a pedicure. Now before you pass judgement…
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Because of you
I think about how tired I am and how much my body aches. But then I am reminded of the reward, the lives that are touched, the souls that have second chances, the ones that are healed, and the ones that change my life, and then the ones that have become my friends, the friends…
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I strung a string, a broken cord
I’ve been trying to search for the perfect words. Yet I feel like there’s someone who will always take some offense or not read things the way I meant it. Some days what I say may capture some aspect of one person’s life when it is just a glimpse of a small portion of my…
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All it takes
Sometimes all it takes is a sunset. And a little bit of puppy love. Watching the sunset does a soul good. I needed today.
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A note from your broken critical care nurse
The protests in Michigan were to the most part peaceful. They want haircuts and manicures. That’s not wrong to want those things. I believe we have the right to bear arms, however I disagree with the protesters showing up armed to a government building. But there was minimal violence, no one died, no one was…
Her Name Means Wild 