each day is new

 I never ever thought I would have my graduate degree in Nursing. Not that I am not scholarly, but I was happy with my ADN in nursing, just about the same pay and all I ever wanted to do was just be a nurse. For years, I never had any other desire but to do bedside nursing. To me that is nursing. But as fate changed, and God's plan for me changed,  my goals and desires changed. First it was motherhood, once you are a mother, your desires change rapidly. I was no longer the girl with ambition in my career but I was a mom. I just wanted to be a mom and my job was secondary. As a mother working shift work and 12 hr shifts, you quickly realize you are missing out on so much. But each day you go back and you make the most of the time you have at home, after all you still have some days off to make up the time missed. ( that is what you tell yourself anyway) You find that balance in the little things. In the constant reminder that you do make the most of the time you have. ...

Many a song, whatever the genre will often voice lyrics about leaving.  Whether it’s about a parent that leaves, a boyfriend, girlfriend or best friend, life is all about people coming and going out of our lives.  I remember talking with someone a while back and how it had crippled them when they focused on the people that left them in their life. Truth of the matter is,  Life is about leaving.  Somehow when we can come to terms with that, we are stronger.    We come, we go, we love, we leave.  Young adults leave when they grow up, our parents leave us when they pass, we leave when we pass. Life is about leaving.  I can remember when Danny accepted the call and the people we had to leave. The betrayal some felt, the hurt as we moved away. We actually hurt others by following God’s call, that should not be so, but it is. It is a part of life… accepting loss, and people leaving.  So what do we do about it? Do we conce...