so i saw a circumcision for the first time today. we'll assist in future procedures.

gonna have to think really hard about getting a circ if i ever have a boy....definitely one of the most barbaric things i have ever seen.

my grandpa's golfing buddy of 25 years recently past away. Julian was one of those 90 year-olds who acted like they were 59...tops. one of those flirtin'  fast-walkin', smooth-talkin' geezers you see picking up the 70 year-old Ladies' Auxillary members at bunco games, ice-cream socials...and their husband's funerals.

Julian really was my grandpa's ( Read more... )

"would you know my name, if i saw you in heaven?
would it be the same, if i saw you in heaven?"
~tears in heaven

...miss you grandma...

"i tell you what hun, let me get you set up with a slice a' rhubard pie and a big ol' scoop of vaniller ice cream. ya want some vaniller icecream? man i tell you what hun you just can't have a slice a' pie without some cold vaniller icecream"

i am really craving my southern uncle's homemade fried chicken, cornbread, and rhubard pie. i miss just ( Read more... )

like tulip bulbs....

i would love to burrow deep in the earth and let the snow cover me up

until i'm ready to blossom again. 

" life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
it's about learning to dance in the rain "

"Beautiful Dawn"

Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn
Take me to the place where we come from
Take me to the end so I can see the start
There's only one way to mend a broken heart

Take me to the place where I don't feel so small
Take me where I don't need to stand so tall
Take me to the edge so I can fall apart
There's only one way to mend a broken ( Read more... )

love is patient. love is kind. love endures whatever comes.

Clinical Assignment for coming semester:

weeks 1-7 = University of Michigan Hospital (Ann Arbor): Psych ward nursing

weeks 8-15 = Hutzel hospital (part of the DMC downtown): Maternity nursing

SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

 “Relationships don't work the way they do in the movies and on TV. Will they, won't they and then they do and they're happy forever, gimme a break. Nine out of ten of them end because they weren't right for each other to begin with and half the ones that do get married end up getting divorced. And through it all I have not become a cynic, I haven' ( Read more... )