My Ex’s Face
April 19th, 2010
It’s amazing how quickly, when I see a picture of my ex, I just want to rip his face right off of the print. Right off of his head, actually. Recently my youngest son asked to see his baby book. Knowing full well that no book exists, I had to scramble to [...]
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Am I Still Here?
July 29th, 2009
I ask myself this all the time as my life has become a swirl of long, wakeful nights intermingled with short, sleepy days off. Since March I’ve been working three twelve-hour night shifts as a clinical coordinator (supervisor) and coming home, trying to meld myself back into the day shift mom I have to be [...]
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Working Girl
January 12th, 2009
Excuse me as I become crazed. For the last year I’ve been working very part-time. I’ve been a lady of leisure, as it were. It’s been good to have time to be with the kids, help them adjust to the move and sit on my ass on the internet all day. Unfortunately this cannot continue. [...]
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Something Truly of Myself
October 21st, 2006
Being a labor and delivery nurse brings with it some amazing and powerful experiences. I truly could and would like to write a book filled with stories and often wished I had written some things down as I’ve experienced them during the last 13 years. A song came on my ipod the other morning that [...]
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