I accepted a position last year with Emory Healthcare and began this adventure mid-February. There have most definitely been some challenges to overcome as I embrace my new professional role, but I'm getting back into the rhythm and am slowly developing my own style of nursing. I'm very grateful and appreciative of the opportunity to "come into my own" with nurses that I already know and trust. I couldn't imagine doing this in a new environment and with new people; my anxiety just couldn't handle it!
HGBC youth group also adventured to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in late February. Many of the younger children were able to participate and their excitement was priceless. Thurston's favorite part was the motorcycles, Alena loved the elephants, Wyatt talked about the lions for days and my mama loved the acrobats.
I've had a wonderful few months! I've done things I never thought I would've had the courage and strength to do before. Some things turned out well and others ..well, not so much. But for the first time in a my twenty-three years, I feel free! I feel I can do whatever I want, for as long as I want, whenever I want. Now, obviously there are limits. I have a job that comes with a schedule. I also don't have millions of dollars in savings and my salary isn't so impressive. But, I still feel in charge of myself and in control of who I am, where my life is going, and the people involved in it.
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Cheers, to living life!
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