Patience and Faith

The page is blank.The pen won’t write.The words don’t come.The verse , no bite. The mind is full.The heart is heavy.The eyes are tearful.Feelings plenty. Time passes.Joy returns.The words come slowly.The script more bold. Moments come.Moments go.The pen still writes.Love has words. Memories are there.Living goes on.The words tell a story.The heart remains strong. The

The Evolution of a PICU Nurse

I was about a brand new nurse when I stood on the floor in Pediatrics high on my horse complaining and appalled that a mom didn’t change a diaper. I didn’t have the knowledge or the experience to even mutter a whine. And by experience I mean both nursing and life experience. An experienced nurse

The Shoes

I bet you came here looking for a story about those shoes, huh? Hang with me a sec. I was having a conversation recently with someone from my past. We were recounting some conversation from a time ago. A time when he was regaling me with a story of a woman who he bought shoes

Proud

I’m so proud of you. I remember a time not to long ago when you laid in bed with tears streaming down your face, sobbing and begging for the pain to stop; screaming into the night in desperation. I remember you pleading into the darkness for just a little less pain tomorrow. Just one moment

The Pivot

Life is so full of challenges these days for everyone. I’ve been steadily working on my outlook for the last 8 months. Healing and focusing on positivity and growing. And that road as most everyone knows…isn’t an easy road. Changing your outlook is tedious at times. It’s work. The path is scattered with obstacles. When

In This House

In this house we tried to nurture love and make it grow. In this house I forgot who I was. I forgot what love should look like. In this house I learned what love is not. In this house I learned that real love is sometimes letting go. In this house kids laughed, but kids

Now Boarding Flight 2024

As we round the corner into the new year, I am (as always) my sassy, witty smart ass self, so there will be no resolutions, instead I’m promising myself some things I’ve never afforded myself much of in the past. As I box up my past and move towards my future, I promise to embrace

Dancing up the Staircase

I hit the bottom like a rock and settled into my misery. The mud was cool, soft, dare I even say…comforting. I could stay there for a bit but as I peered into the darkness, I saw a light. The longer I stared the more curious I became. What lies above in the light? So,

Getting Wiser (not older🤪)

Rounding the corner to begin another trip around the sun, I was thinking recently about some of the most important things I’ve learned. I made a small list for you. I could have gone on and also added things like: wash your makeup after a night out, hydration is important, pee after sex and lift

Grief

I pick up a pen to write my thoughts. And all of the grief inside of me bubbles up to the surface from the bottom of my soul. I place the pen back down and try to gather every thought carefully, trying hard to place my feelings on paper without actually having to feel them.