Tag Archives: loss
Faith and Fairies
At some point, one just has to get out of the funk. One just has to say OK, kid, wash your face, comb your hair and put down the junk food, it’s time to see the sun again. Today could … Continue reading →
The Truth Hurts
I get up pretty early, even on the weekends. It’s automatic even if I try to sleep-in, the best I can do is 7:30. I like the time in the morning before the sun rises, before my family stumbles out … Continue reading →
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Tagged Conspiracy theory, COVID, COVID vaccine, Death, Doctor, flu, hope, Influenza, leadership, loss, Survival, Vaccine
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Good Grief
Grief is a funny thing. Once you think you’ve mastered it, tucked it in a front shirt pocket over the heart where it can come along for the ride, but not get in the way, you end up leaning over … Continue reading →
Home
As I stand in the place where the ocean and land meet, I have the overwhelming desire to go home. Myrtle Beach is just not the same. The sand isn’t right. The color of the ocean is all wrong. Where … Continue reading →
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Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, Corporation, Doctor, God, Home, loss, Medicine, Mom, mother, ocean, Residency, Sea, Sea creatures, Tides, writer, writing
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Smother’s Day
Mother’s Day is fast approaching, the first Mother’s Day since my mother’s passing. I am trying to get all of the dread out of they way so that day doesn’t feel so bad when it gets here. I bought fake … Continue reading →
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Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, Cemetery, daughter, Death, Doctor, fake flowers, grave, gravesite, loss, mother, mother's day, mourning
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Thy Rod and Thy Staff
Sometimes, before I walk into a room with certain patients, I take a deep cleansing breath and whisper, Lord, give me strength. I just know what’s waiting for me on the other side. History repeats itself over and over. I … Continue reading →
Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical Musings, My Stories
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Tagged blogging, Death, Doctor, Doctor patient relationship, Grief, loss, prayer, staff, stories
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Too Much
My mom died on July 7th 2016. My birthday was July 26th and my wedding anniversary was July 28th. On my mom’s desk in her room, sat two cards, one addressed to me and one addressed to me and my … Continue reading →
Quilt Therapy
It was my husband’s idea. Make a quilt out of your mom’s shirts. Brilliant. As I was cleaning out her room, I couldn’t bear the idea of just dumping all of her things at the Goodwill. There’s nothing wrong with … Continue reading →
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Tagged blogging, Death, Doctor, Doctor story, Doctors and death, Family Doctor, Grief, loss, Mom, mother, Needle and Thread, quilt, quilt shop, redemption, t-shirt quilt
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Waves
It seems that the most common way to describe the feeling of grief is to say that it “comes in waves.” I spent the last week at the beach on vacation with my family. It’s one of the only places … Continue reading →
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Tagged blogging, Death, Doctor, Doctors and death, Family Doctor, Grief, loss, Mom, mother, ocean, sorrow, tears, waves
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