Leaving Room for the Unexpected
Had you asked me a year ago where I would be, I’m not sure I would have told you here. But, I would have told …
Time is a Funny Thing
Time is a funny thing. One day, you’ve just moved into your dream apartment. The next, you wake up and it’s been six years since …
Moving and Shaking
When time stands still and goes so fast all at once. When you feel an inner calm but the world seems to spin all around …
Saying Goodbye to the Bedside
It’s been almost ten years. Ten years since I first started on a dream that was imagined years prior. A dream of becoming a nurse, …
When the Rain Started to Feel like Home Again
I was catching an uber to The Hub, a pub nearby that I have come to frequent more often over the past 6 month. It’s …
Just A Nurse
Nine years. Nearly nine years since I walked across that stage, gathered my pin, and entered the world of nursing. A long sought dream of …
Complicated Grief
I go to wash dishes this morning, a song comes on and suddenly my eyes begin to fill with tears again. Just an hour ago …
Nursing, or What Did I Get Myself into?
I was sitting at the bar with my friend (and coworker) the other night after our shift together at the hospital when we began lamented …
Prom
A boy with a blunt and the biggest smile. That’s what I see when I open my email. You remember when I mentioned last week …
Life is Short
Another evening, another tragic story. A dinner with friend turned sour. I had just texted my cousin confirming my feeling of constantly waiting for the …