My mother recently passed away a few months ago. Learning to live life without the one who carried you and helped form you in their womb for nine months and then beyond has been challenging, to say the least. I’ve heard the depth of love matches the depth of the pain when you lose someone. Read More
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The Missing Piece
When I realized our hospital stay would be longer than expected, I bought a 1000 piece puzzle to pass the time. It was an activity that was quiet, yet brought forth much conversation. As I stared at all the pieces and began to separate them, my mind started comparing life to this puzzle. The puzzle Read More
When I realized our hospital stay would be longer than expected, I bought a 1000 piece puzzle to pass the time. It was an activity that was quiet, yet brought forth much conversation.
As I stared at all the pieces and began to separate them, my mind started comparing life to this puzzle. The puzzle is much like nursing, practicing medicine, or even life in general.
In the beginning all of the uncertainty of where each piece should go can be overwhelming.
Like this puzzle, we all have pieces. They are jagged in some places and well-rounded in others. Some fit together effortlessly, while others you have to turn every which way for it to lay in place it belongs- just as it is supposed to.
At times you think you know exactly what piece should work in a hole, and then the color scheme shifts on you. Other times, a piece may slide too easily into place, and on further inspection there are gaps signifying – that while it fits, it doesn’t belong.
Brene Brown spoke about belonging and fitting in. Fitting in is when you match or change to become more like those around you. Belonging is when you show up as you are, and you have a place.
Be sure to view the puzzle from different angles when you are stuck. Step back from it for awhile, but don’t give up on it. Sometimes a change in perception is all that is needed. Sit patiently with it, knowing in due time the pieces will snap into their rightful place if you don’t quit. And when you forget what the big picture is supposed to look like, like up and remember what you’re working to achieve.
Know your biases and check them at the door. None of the puzzle pieces are made the same or made to make the same picture or work of art. The most loved are the edge pieces as they see easy to spot and the first to make the border. But none the less, even the jagged pieces are needed to make us complete, and sometimes the missing piece is the one that is right in the center and holds the heart of the lion.
Medicine goes so far, and GOD does the rest!
For many years since being in the medical field, I have said, “Medicine goes so far, and GOD does the rest!” It’s not an original quote of mine, but it is a slightly changed version from one of my favorite movies, “The Notebook.” Noah Calhoun, the husband to Allie, was being examined by the doctor Read More
Gratitude Must Become My Attitude
Gratitude is the quality of being thankful, the readiness to show appreciation, and to return kindness. Being truly grateful for what you have, and focusing on what is going right in your life instead of what is not, changes your mindset. Numerous studies have proven that living a life of gratefulness is linked to better Read More
Who even am I anymore?
There are few women that couldn’t relate to the feeling of losing themself at some point or another. When we are born, we are daughters, possibly sisters, nieces, granddaughters, and cousins. As we continue to grow and our natural network of life, love, and family expands- we find ourselves carrying more and more titles. Entering Read More
The Story I’ll Tell
They say “Those worship songs hit differently when you’ve been through a thing or two”. How true is that? I love worship songs. I love listening to the lyrics over and over- soaking up a new understanding each time. I may do a series on worship songs- ya’ll will have to tell me what you Read More
I’m NOT Who I Want To Be
While my intentions are initially seemingly good, I find that all too often my that I am NOT really WHO I want to be. So then I find myself asking the question, “Who do you want to be?” With more enthusiam with each time I ask it, until I am eventually sounding like Noah Callhoun off of The Notebook- I find myself intently asking “WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?”
I Want to be Loved Like That
The country band, Shenandoah, sang a song back in 1993 called, “I want to be love like that.” A beautiful love song that depicts all the sweet phases of life that a love or relationship goes through. From falling in love during high school to sacrficing wants for family throughout marriage to finally, still Read More
Speak Life
Over the past almost 2 years now, it seems that we have heard about nothing other than death. With Covid being the center of most conversations these days, as it has affected almost every part of everyone’s lives, the words of death and dying ring louder than ever before. If it’s not Covid, it seems Read More
Shrapnel- Broken People
We are all broken. We have all been wounded by some sort of shrapnel, in this “War” we like to call life. There has been something in each of our lives that has changed us forever. There is or has been a piece of shrapnel in us all. Whether our shrapnel is small or large, Read More