Changes
2019 was the start of epic changes for me (allow me to recap for a moment before I get to the good stuff). It started out in January when…
2019 was the start of epic changes for me (allow me to recap for a moment before I get to the good stuff). It started out in January when Shucks (Steve) and I took a 6-week winter getaway trip to Belize and then onto Puerto Rico. By this time, I had been in the ER for a year and a half (nursing for 3 years, healthcare for a total of 9 years), and I was growing discontent with the stress and long hours as well as the long, cold, dreary winters of the Pacific Northwest. In fact, the September leading up to this trip, I had announced to the Universe that I was entering my last year of hospital nursing and was going to find some other more enjoyable and less stressful path where I could get back into some of my more gratifying creative endeavors. In addition to my stressful schooling and career, we had moved four times in the seven years we lived in North Idaho, and had also hosted several family members in our home for almost four years, including his father with late stage dement…
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