Hospice Nursing

When we moved to Amherst I thought I would start working as a nurse in a hospital as I had in Washington DC, but because of lots of pretty uninteresting reasons, I found myself searching to "help wanted" ads a few months into our time here. Surprisingly, I ended up finding the perfect job for me and my family. If any of you know Anders, you know he's a fundamentalist when it comes to his hate of cars, so to find a nursing job within walking distance of our apartment was essential. I had given up hope, but it turns out, tucked away about 2 blocks from our house is an amazing little house that serves as an in-patient hospice center.

And it turns out I love hospice nursing...and it doesn't make me too sad or depressed even! I don't know if I'm a super Hospice nurse yet, but I'm getting more and more comfortable and, I think, doing a better and better job. And it challenges me...not so much academically, but certainly emotionally and spiritually. Well, this was a pretty general posting, but I hope I can process my experiences more in the future.

An Interesting Community

Well I was looking around today for a new book for our book club we have organized of moms/almost moms who are my neighbors. I'd never been in a book club before, but its actually been lots of fun because of the books but also because it gives us an excuse to escape our houses! Our first book was "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning per my suggestion. Our second book was "Redeeming Love", a romance novel by Francine Rivers which I surprisingly enjoyed. We are now onto the task of picking our third book. Two of the books I ended up suggesting today were by a man named Shane Claiborne who is part of a community much along the line of the Catholic Worker House movement of living in solidarity with the poor. His two books are called "Jesus for President: Politics for an Ordinary Radical" and "Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical" in which he explores the radical call of Christ to a life of radical love. Sounds intriguing and great and potentially life-changing if one were in the mood for a life change. Here a link to his community The Simple Way.

Love these lyrics..

I was listening to Pandora today and heard a Sara Groves song I'd never heard before called When it Was Over. Such sweet lyrics of redeeming love:

There is a love that never fails
There is a healing that always prevails
There is a hope that whispers a vow
A promise to stay while we're working it out
So come with your love and wash over us

Oh love wash over a multitude of things
Make us whole

First Post

Well...I started this a couple times before, but always with much hesitiation....the "FIRST POST" that will set precedent for all other posts...yikes. But I decided that today there will be a first post, no matter what.

I've always kind of had an attraction to the idea of blogs and read others with gusto. I think its my nosey nature that loves the window, however edited and forced it can be at times, that a blog allows.

So now I set forth on my own and hope I can provide a window for others, if anyone would be interested, but mostly for myself. A forced reflection...