FRECTIS

Monday I had a physical for nursing school.  My vitals were good.  Heart, lungs, and belly sounds good.  No tumors noted (phew!).  Eyesight 20/20.  Then came the part where you perform for the nurse practitioner.  She observed my gait to make sure I could walk.  Then she asked me to bend over and reach for [...]

Today marks the five year anniversary of my friend’s death six weeks after having her baby.  It’s crazy to think she has 10- and  5- year old daughters and is not here to see them grow up.  I’m sure her older daughter’s heart aches for her mom and the little one has no idea what [...]

The three clients I saw today have birthdates that of March 5, 6, and 7.  Mine is the 4th.  And without realizing that I saw them in birth order.  How weird is that?

I attended two births in one day, almost exactly 12 hours apart.  One was due last month, one was due this month.  One boy, one girl.  One woman surrounded by family, the other with only her husband.  One noisy, the other quiet.  One totally uncomplicated, the other almost completely complicated.  One born in the water, [...]

I had one lunch time water baby born and while doing the clean up from that one, the next woman due called in labor.  I’m laying low… was supposed to have date night with my husband at my hair stylist’s birthday party (he is her personal trainer).  He went alone and I’m trying to outscore [...]