Imagine You’re a parent of at least one child and you’ve never heard the words “childhood cancer” in person. In fact, you didn’t even know it existed until you saw a St. Jude’s commercial of bald headed beautiful children on an oncology unit. You’re oblivious to the world that is childhood cancer, and who could […]
You are brave You didn’t ask for this life. One day, you were playing with your sibling, living a care free life and your biggest worry was if your parents would find out about the typical sibling war you had earlier in the day… the next, you’re sitting in a hospital room finding out they […]
“Put me out of a job. Put us all out of a job” There were a few of us sitting at the nurses station preparing for the day ahead of us. We were making small talk about childhood cancer, research funding and plans for the future. I hadn’t told many people of my future goals […]
You are enough. I see you. I see you every single day with that look on your face. You still have the smile, the smile that tells me behind it has a whole lot more to say. I want you to know: You are enough. I saw your face the day you heard the words […]
Chest pain. Chest burning. Chest heaviness. Feels like I’m coming out of my skin. Does my arm hurt? Is my jaw hurting? Am I having a heart attack? Chest pain. Easter Sunday. Although it didn’t feel like a holiday to me. I woke up with awful chest burning. I didn’t have time to figure it […]
Are we allowed to say it? Does it make us look weak? Ungrateful? Judgmental? Overreacting? I am nervous. If you’re a nurse (or CNA), you were probably “called to” nursing. You didn’t choose the job, the job chose you. You have a strong passion and desire to take care of the most vulnerable population and […]
I’m going to be a little honest here when I tell you that I am OVER hearing that COVID-19 is “just the flu” and the “only people who will die are the elderly and the immunosuppressed.” Excuse me, what? The “only people that will die…” How do you say that and be morally okay with […]
Picture your child walking into a toy story to pick up a toy that they saved up their money for. Your child is all smiles, gleefully trotting down the aisle as they’ve waited “FOREVER” for their latest “have to have this mom!” toy. They run up to the checkout aisle, eagerly awaiting to pay for […]
It’s 8:35pm and I’m pulling into my driveway. I look to the side window and see my dog, Fynn, eagerly awaiting my arrival. He sits there long enough until he hears my car door shut in the garage and then he runs over to the garage door and barks until I open it. Usually, I […]
tragedy meaning: a very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or suffering ——————————————————————————————————————— It started out like every other weekend I’ve experienced, work followed by a day or two off, then the assumption of back to work on Monday. It truly was no different than any other weekend, until it was. I could […]
