Y’all. If you don’t know me in real life, I’m a non-hugger. It’s ridiculous enough that people make fun of me. They make it their personal mission to try to hug me sometimes. I’ve also always been an introvert at the core. And while I do have extroverted tendencies around people I am comfortable with,… Continue reading Pandemic Confessions of an introvert non-hugger
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I’m important too
I still go to therapy. If you're surprised by this, you must be new here, so welcome. But yes, I go to therapy. What I used to be so ardently against, for myself, I now have come to look forward too. It's like a mental health accountability partner. And I need all the accountability partners… Continue reading I’m important too
The limp and the blessing
I like the above quote, "it is well with my soul even when it isn't well with my circumstances." And, I'd like to sit here and tell you I'm living that quote, but I'm not. It hasn't been well with my soul since about Tuesday, and it got so much less well (is that even… Continue reading The limp and the blessing
Perspective
Things change you. Loss is something that shapes you forever. You never get over it; you just learn to live with it, the scar that's always on your heart. Part of me always wondered how my dad died in a hospital. How did they let him die? I guess in my 5 year old brain,… Continue reading Perspective