Growing

 It's been a nearly a year since my hubby set up my garden.

 The growth that I have seen has been incredible,

 and  has made me see 

 how much my garden has mirrored my journey in nursing.

Things start out slow.

Small things are both exciting 

and 

intimidating.

Then things start to take shape.

You begin to see amazing things in places you never imagined.

Things begin to blossom.

You find beauty in the everyday

and 

appreciate what you took for granted before.

The smallest, mundane things 

become the most satisfying rewards.

Enjoy the journey,

find wonder in the small things,

and

reap all the rewards no matter how small.

Grow your garden.

Hello Again...

 Looking at my last post I feel a little sad, wow it's been a long, long time since I have had the time (and the drive) to sit down and write. Something that gave me great pleasure not so long ago. 

  With spring having sprung I decided to start on some spring cleaning, closets have been swept clean of 10 year old clothing, the garden has been cleaned and reseeded and I have decided to return to blogging.  I find that now that I am deeper into this world we call nursing that there are times when I need to sit down and really think about what happened and how I feel about it and sometimes seeing my thoughts in the form of words is helpful.

  To all the new nurses and students who may stumble across this post, I suggest that you make time to sit and just think. I know this sounds silly but in reality in school and in the working world it is often so hard to find a moment to sit and just go over things in you head, sort them and file them away. I am the type who is always on the go, moving on moving up, but eventually things caught up to me and I began to feel overwhelmed and I had no idea why. 

  I stopped to "think" because I had to, something inside me broke and I had to stop and ask myself what was really going on, and it was hard.

  Things are better now, and one of the things I decided was to return to blogging if nothing else to "journal", for a lack of better words. 

  So here we go, a lot of things have stayed the same and a lot of things have changed. There are changes coming, I know that because nothing in this crazy world I have chosen ever stays the same for long, but that is why I love it. 

  So thank you to those of you who read along and welcome to my corner of the nursing world.