Welcome to the Family!

Welcome to my sorority great-grand littles!!

(Wow! how old do I sound?)

The "unveiling" ceremony
(My grand littles/great-grand littles/great-niece/great-great-nieces are on the left ;-)


And there they are; revealed at last!!


My whole family, top to bottom!

(Just waiting on my sister to rejoin us from France!)

But, as much as I love my new family additions, there is still only one little for me!
:-)

I saw what I saw and I can't forget it

I heard what I heard and I can't go back

I know what I know and I can't deny it Something on the road, cut me to the soul

Your pain has changed me

your dream inspires

your face a memory

your hope a fire

your courage asks me what I'm afraid of

and what I know of love

we've done what we've done and we can't erase it

we are what we are and it's more than enough

We have what we have but it's no substitution

Something on the road, touched my very soul

Your pain has changed me
your dream inspires
your face a memory
your hope a fire

your courage asks me what I am made of
and what I know of love

I say what I say with no hesitation

I have what I have and I'm giving it up

do what I do with deep conviction

Something on the road, changed my world

Your pain has changed me
your dream inspires
your face a memory
your hope a fire

your courage asks me what I'm afraid of

your courage asks me what I am made of

your courage asks me what I'm afraid of
and what I know of love

And what I know of Him

"I Saw What I Saw" by Sara Groves

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I want to go and tell, but I'm coming to find that ________________________

it will be harder than I thought to leave what's familiar.

it will be harder on my family here than I thought.

it will be harder on my family over there than I thought....wait...will I even have a family over there?

financial issues are not so easily resolved.

I don't know what will happen to my nursing license; will it be valid overseas, will it be valid when I return, will I lose my skills needed to work in an American hospital?

health concerns are really an ongoing thing.

people I thought would understand just don't.

people I didn't think would understand won't even hear me out.

I'm not nearly as prepared as I thought I was.

I don't know if I have the strength.

I want to go and tell, but I'm coming to find that ________________________

I don't know how not to.

10 Things I Have Learned Recently...

(**this, of course, does not include the often boring to others, but extremely interesting to me nursing stuff I learn in class/clinicals)

1. Laughing cow spreadable cheese is AMAZING!! (which, contrary to my previous belief, is available where I live)

2. I am the only one in clinical who has not learned their computer charting system password and has to carry it around with them in their pocket.

3. The shiny stuff on some decorative paper plates is flammable if put in a microwave.

4. My recent trips to Africa have not only disqualified me from giving blood for the next 3 years, but also bone marrow.

5. When in clinical, looking and listening for people who look like/sound like they are doing something interesting, and then following them, will allow you plenty of cool experiences (as evidenced by my clinical instructor, when asked by a fellow student of mine how she could see more interesting things in the hospital, who responded to her "well, you could always put a bell around her neck to keep tabs on her")

6. Panera is a wonderful place, but lacks an adequate number of outlets for laptop chargers.

7. Yoga is harder than it looks!!

8. House has much more than the occasional medical inaccuracy! (but is still amazing :-)

9. Bridesmaids have to buy their own dresses. (Idk who I thought would, just never really considered it)

10. Peas are a starch. (who knew, right?!)