Tag: brave
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Blissfully Broken
Today, I am reminded they no longer control me. Maybe I am broken, but I am blissfully broken. The mind is a powerful thing. Will. I had it. I wanted to survive. I did. I endured. I prayed. God answered. I didn’t get to where I am today because this life was handed to me.…
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We all saw her standing
I’m not sure if the birds chirped that morning. I was sleeping. Who heard them? Who knows their song? They carried it till evening. And through the night a whisper was heard, when it was, there she stood. There was no where to sit. The room was loud. She was the only one speaking. Her…
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Meeting a New York Times best seller
This past weekend I met one of my all time favorite authors and speaker. As I stood in line for a book signing, I was contemplating what I would say to her. “Hi.” “Good afternoon mam.” “What a beautiful day.” All those sounded so lame. And she’s from Texas, where 50 degrees was probably cold…
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This is why I became a PICU nurse
If you have been following me for a while now, you know I am a PICU nurse. For those of you just stumbling across my blog for the first time, now you know! Most people aren’t familiar with PICU.. it is the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. I take care of critically ill children. I often…
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Don’t forget to live
We spend most of our lives working so we can live and forget to live. Do the things you want to do today because tomorrow is not guaranteed. Go to the places you want to see. Take pictures. Make your own memories. But make sure you live today.
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Today was a hard day
When circumstances around us become almost unbearable, we wonder “God have you forgotten about us?” But, you calm my soul the way you calm the waters and say “for I am going to do something new in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.”
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Be yourself anyway
Sometimes the scariest thing you can be is yourself. Be yourself anyway because no one is brave enough but you.
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If you’re going to wear red, wear it boldly
Travel fills an yearning for the stories we hear and read about, creating lasting photographs within our memories. With Cessna, doors become runways leading me to places I never imagined. I find myself in Madrid. So with Cessna inside me, I roamed the streets of this beautiful city in search of answers to questions I…
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Starting over
Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we expect it to. I think we all have this picture in the back of ours heads how we think ours days would look like or turn out. None of us expect suffering, none of us expect the trials, we especially don’t expect that our life would not go…
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She is perfectly flawed
Her ways seem flawed to those who don’t know her. Here comes judgement, gerunds tearing her down. Her bones skinned bare, her scars now visible. That translucent skin evaporating amidst the grotesque. Yet she recalls the words her lover spoke, her vow to never lose herself. “Never be broken”, he said. Her body trembles, quivers…
Her Name Means Wild 