So, this song makes me cry every single time I hear it. It have so many different meanings with such simple wording. Today was an exceptionally long and emotional day at work. And sometimes, I forget how I get through every single day, until I hear this song.

Lyrics: You Raise Me Up

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my ( Read more... )

I don't know how to say this. But I have never thought I would actually hear a gun go off, not in a hospital. I never thought I would hear the screams that I heard after someone screamed that "he has a gun. A doctor was shot!" The face of the RN who ran into where I was, her expression will forever be seared into my head. The mass pandemonium that ( Read more... )

 I know it has been quite a while since I last posted. My last post was a bit of a downer. However, I feel like this is the place where I can write about things that have been bothering me, or even made me happy. It's an outlet for me when I feel like I have no other way to get my feelings out. So, let me proceed. Work has been stepping up and I ( Read more... )

So, I was packing up my apartment for this weekend. I'll be moving out of the city so I can start saving and get ahead. It's a smart move. I just have to keep telling me this.

I have pretty much packed everything in my apartment. I haven't really thrown anything out as I'm in a rush to get out of my place. That will come when I unpack and really ( Read more... )

It seems like it was yesterday that I started this job. I can still remember the nervousness I felt on the first day of the job. I remember the nervousness and anxiety of talking to the Attendings on my first case and being nervous of how they were going to react. I remember being bombarded with so much information, I was scared and nervous of how ( Read more... )

So I went to Barnes and Noble early this morning and bought two books. Bought myself a cup of hot coco, and sat down at a table next to the window and proceeded to start a leisurely Sunday of reading.

I'm reading about a prominent political figure that is linked to a royal family in a country where tribes were ruled by Chiefs, where they reported to ( Read more... )

Well, today was a pretty craptastic day. I don't want to really go into debth about it, but let's just say I had a pretty good cry hidden in a bathroom stall, and then another cry in my office ALONE ( Read more... )

I have so many people that occupy my mind lately.

My family-especially dad, Suzette and her father (co-worker), Lisa (a relative of mine), My mom's friend's husband, Dori (friend from Hope) and her mother, Jennie (co-worker) and her mother, Melanie (co-worker) as well as my close friends that I think about often and on a daily basis.

My last posting ( Read more... )

As I mentioned in this article, it's the small things that count. Those comforting hugs, those encouraging words, a smile of appreciation, the list continues. But what happens when even the small things don't seem sufficient enough? What keeps us going? What gets us up every morning? How is does one keep moving forward when their life seems to be ( Read more... )

To all my Social Work friends and colleagues,

HAPPY SOCIAL WORK MONTH!