I am crap at this - an update

I think it is a testament to my mental health that I have been terrible at updating this. I hope that means that I have not needed an outlet in a while. Why? Because I have been living instead.

I graduated in 2022 with my Acute Care NP and have been learning how to keep people breathing ever since. I love it.

My family has been active - we are in the thick of raising kids and the activities that come with that. We are watching softball and flag football games. Our little guy is learning trap shooting (if that doesn't make us sound Midwestern, I don't know what else will). We have been traveling and getting sunshine and stamps on our passports. Life is good.

I have not stopped writing. I am working on a children's book, hopefully out by the end of the year this year, called The Book of Farts and Feelings. I am sure you can imagine how the meetings are going - "this fart needs to be bigger" and "I like the smell lines on this one." Writing about sharing feelings is cooler than writing about pandemic feelings, that is for sure.

I have gotten to speak to so many groups because of this experience, and I think that has been my favorite thing about this whole hurrah. It is healing, speaking out loud about this. Getting to remind nurses of the incredible calling we have. Being a cheerleader for our profession. It is all wonderful and every time I speak I worry it will be my last, so I try to soak it all in.

I am here. I am bad at blogging. But that is a good thing. Because it means life is full. Thank God.