I had grand plans for writing more this summer, considering I took the summer off from school to hang with my “about-to-go-to-college” kid; however, you know what they say about the best laid plans. (I don’t actually know what they say about the best-laid plans, but I’m pretty sure there IS a saying.) First, you […]
Dear Daughter, Welp, here we are … your last day of high school. This moment was hard to imagine eighteen years ago—you were a tough cookie from the get-go: born ten days late and after almost three hours of pushing, months of colic, an absolute refusal to eat baby food, you hated everyone but mom […]
I haven’t written lately because school has ratcheted up the difficulty level and I’ve been drowning in homework, research, reading, writing, cursing, and drinking. This past week I had midterms in both classes. Up to this point, I’ve had some quizzes, but the vast majority of my grades have been papers and discussion posts. I […]
It’s Valentine’s Day. What better day to write a love letter? Dear Life, Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve told you how I feel about you. Honestly, you usually only hear from me when I’m sad or mad or confused or some other equally uncomfortable emotion. Maybe it’s time for a change. You haven’t always […]
I woke up early this morning, around 4am, and felt like I needed to write. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve been doing plenty of writing lately, only most of it is in the form of APA style papers on “Gastrointestinal Tract: Disorders of Motility” or “Antimicrobials and Their Use” or other such compelling topics. For the […]
First of all, you really should NEVER blog after several glasses of wine. It’s just not an intelligent thing to do. Naturally, I’m blogging after several glasses of wine. 🙂 Today is Thanksgiving. Facebook is filled with the perfunctory “I’m so thankful for ______” statuses. As a nurse, I sometimes work the holidays. Today was […]
Just reached a milestone: I am officially the parent of an adult. A teen adult but an adult, nonetheless. When I was decorating her happy birthday signs, I almost cried. When I wrote out her birthday card, I almost cried. When I woke up the morning of her birthday and whispered “happy birthday” before I […]
July 26, 2006. The day my brother Mike died. It was more than just a death for me. We all say, “My life was never the same after ______ died,” but Mike’s death changed EVERYTHING. Changed my marriage. Changed my girls. Changed my relationship with the rest of my family. You can’t go through a […]
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve written. I drug myself through an Intensive Outpatient Program, changed up my meds, and took three weeks off work. At absolutely no point in time did those three weeks off feel like three weeks off. That IOP was no joke but I was also no willing participant. […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve written. What I want to tell you is that I’ve been super busy with two teenagers and school and work and I just haven’t had the time. And that is partly true. What I don’t want to admit is that I’ve been dealing with the worst bout of depression I’ve […]
. . . so says the psych nurse 