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It’s startling
Someone you love
Is living life one day
When illness crashes in
Begins stealing everything
Whirling a tornado of pain
Who will speak
The devastating
truth?
To not tell
Is to rob him still
Gifts wrapped in
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Today I will share a message with you, that I had shared with my family and friends this past weekend during a very special milestone in my life, which was graduating from Graduate School. I hope you enjoy.
A Note from Yvonne
As I think about what my future holds, I will share the following thoughts. As a Nurse, I believe that there are people who will appreciate me not only for my nursing knowledge, but more importantly for my sense of compassion and caring. I want to be able to help people live a happier and healthier life by taking the time to apply what I have learned, whether at the bedside or in the healthcare system. Too often I have found in my nursing career and in being human, that we have frequently underestimated the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. They are characteristics that I have become more aware over my course of studies and plan to role model. I feel that Tom Brokaw had said it best. “You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of the alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.” The nursing profession isn’t for everyone, but I have found it to be where I belong and the rewards have been the opportunities and the privilege to share in the most personal moments of one’s life by being there, when they have felt most vulnerable.
(Sunday, May 18, 2008 – MSN, Nursing Administration – Cal State Univ. Fullerton)
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The more I travel, the more I marvel at the continuum of time and how in the space of an hour, i leave one culture and pop into another. Life moves simultaneously, yet I don’t think too much about what happens in smalltown America until I land there and enter their space for a little while. It reminds me of the larger world outside myself and that people are people all over the globe, looking, searching, waiting for hope and love.I scribbled this on a recent trip.
i am continually mystified by time and space. how the ceiling fan and red and green chairs do their work everyday in the restaurant next door to the hotel i’m staying at in ohio at the same time i’m turning onto church street in nashville to go to work. i didn’t know about the fan or the chairs until i ate my dinner tonight, but they were there along with lori, my waitress who works at night while she goes to school. she writes songs on napkins waiting for her chance to break out of this small town and make it big in nashville, back in my time and space.LikeLike
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Yvonne,
I am happy you shared your reflection and the beauty of your heart. I know you will change the world with your kindness, intelligence and Love. Congratulations and may blessings abound for you and your loved ones!!!LikeLike
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Karen,
Just wanted to say I enjoyed your reflection. It is strange how travel enables us to go from one realm to another, a completely different landscape, time zone, climate, or culture in a matter of hours. Wishing you a great vacation with you and your family. Blessings and safe travels!
~lizLikeLike
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