I’m tired. Remember last week I said that anger is exhausting? Well, that was the truth. I used up a lot of energy in frustration and anger and rage. Even more energy was used trying to exercise patience with situations and people that I…
I’ve gone from feeling sad to very, very angry… The past few weeks have felt very heavy to me, bearing the weight of the pandemic and many deaths, all the stress and changes on the healthcare frontline, and carrying the frustration, fear, and disgust…
I cried all the way through Sunday service last week. It was graduation Sunday and the whole service was centered around honoring our graduates. There were songs and announcements and a sermon and all the normal parts of the service, but there was a…
This was a fun one! When I first saw a video making carrot bacon, I had to try it! Now, the video I watched called for an air fryer, which I don’t have. So I’ve changed the cooking instructions to use your normal oven instead!…
My downward spiral started when I burned a hole in my exercise ball on the space heater… This thing is HOT! What? How? Let me explain. I had one day this week to work from home and do telemedicine, so I was sitting…
It was Saturday midday and I had just finished seeing patients and doing procedures. I’d gone back to my call room to have something to drink and sit down for a moment (it’s too hard to carry my water bottle and drink when I have…
Oooh, chile! It’s been a tiring week on the emotional front! It seems like a lot of things happened in the past 7 days that have challenged my attitude. First, the governor decided to open the state of Georgia for nonessential businesses. Let…
I haven’t always been a joyful person. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve learned a lot about positive thinking, managing my mind, shifting my focus and seeing the good in my life. The one thing I have figured out in learning to do these things…
I’ve been so tired this week. Even as I write that, my mind wants to argue with me (You’re not really tired. Maybe you could get a little more sleep, but you haven’t been up all night at work, the schedule was lighter this week,…
Sometimes, it feels like life is a tidal wave, a tsunami threatening to come crashing down around me. This past week was one thing after another, until by the end it felt like everything was about to fall down on top of me. Let me…