NO REGRETS

I was talking with one of my patients the other day and she started lamenting the choices she had made in her life. She had helped her husband in his business and adored that man. She had raised an excellent son but she thought that maybe she should have been a...

SCRUBS AND SUBMISSION

I have been a nurse since 1993. I enjoy a great many aspects of my chosen career. But alas, there has been one issue which has plagued me since I started nursing. I hate scrubs. The hate started when I worked for a hospital. That hospital forced all of the nurses to...

A STELLAR STEPDAD

Recently one of my close friends got remarried for the second time. She met a man of God and they have a wonderful relationship. She has two sons who are about to be teenagers. They love their mother and they love their stepdad too. I think it must be very difficult...

STRESS

I have become a bit overwhelmed lately. I have had two new responsibilities added to me at work. Don’t get me wrong, they are a blessing, but I have become angry and stressed lately. The other day I looked up the word, stress, in the dictionary and was horrified...

FINDING MY SOUL MATE

I was at a patient’s house the other day. One thing was very apparent after talking to him for a few minutes. He adored his wife. He said it was the second marriage for both of them and his face lit up when he mentioned her name. He said that he could be...

SELF ACCEPTANCE

The other night my thoughts were distracted by God. I was in Bible Study and God’s spirit was whispering into my heart. I had some challenges at work and I was stressing. Then the thought occurred to me that God had made me who I was and if I had challenges He...