Break
I’m sure you all will be shocked to learn this, but I survived my summer class and so did all of my patients (to my knowledge). And now, for the first time since January – or last August, really – I’m...
View ArticleHeather scares a celebrity. Again.
The next time I have an opportunity to meet one of my idols, can someone please stop me? Use whatever means are necessary – chloroform, a baseball bat, whatever. I went to Denver last night for a...
View ArticleThe first rule of Kitten Fight Club
We have a fairly frantic morning routine around these here parts, mostly because both Rob and I cherish every single moment of sleep we can get, every single morning. So if the alarm goes off at 6:15,...
View ArticleDear Robbie, at 2 years 9 months
Dear Budders, Yes, I realize it's been like a year since the last time I wrote one of these letters, and I sincerely apologize for neglecting my chronicling of your every cute habit. With hard work,...
View ArticleReturn
I can’t decide what to do with this blog. I’m doing the Worst Job Ever updating it, and it costs $13.33 a month to keep it online. Granted, I spend more than that on Diet Coke, so the expense isn’t a...
View ArticleOne-act play: A moment of peace
Alternate title: This is what happens when I try to take a shower with conscious children in the house Scene: A haggard, bedraggled woman -- let’s call her Heather -- is taking a shower after a...
View Article35 steps to getting your nursing license (if you're me)
1. Decide you want to become a nurse. 2. Listen to some people tell you that you don’t really want to do that because it’s hard. 3. Continue to think maybe you really do want to be a nurse. 4....
View ArticleLet it go
I’ve always had this philosophy -- especially with regard to my posts on social media -- that I can get past any obstacle if I can find a way to laugh at it. Thus I find myself accentuating the...
View ArticleThe things I do are not always smart
Up until fairly recently, my kids would have panic attacks whenever they encountered bugs. You probably think I’m exaggerating, but a moth would throw Kaylee into hysterics -- crying, screaming,...
View ArticleFraud
“I am good at this.” “Well, maybe not good. … Decent. I’m decent at this.” “Ok, I’m kind of mediocre. Like, I don’t really know why I’m trusted to do this at all.” “Actually, I suck. I can’t...
View ArticleStronger
When I was nearing graduation from nursing school three years ago, Rob gave me a book called “I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse.” The book is filled with...
View ArticleFinding Hope
I have a love/hate relationship with social media. As I am a terrible introvert, sites like Facebook do wonders for breaking me out of my shell, allowing me to share a little of myself without sharing...
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