Reflections of Terror and Beauty

Tag: World view

  • Because I love you

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    Janae
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    The hours I’ve bounced and paced with my son snuggly tucked in my arms are teaching me something. His cries are often relentless, but so are my arms around him. Tears stain both our cheeks and I wish he could rest in what is true: I love him. I find myself telling him, “you are…

  • These Anxious Humans

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    Said the Robin to the Sparrow,  “I should really like to know Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so.” . Said the Sparrow to the Robin,  “Friend, I think that it must be That they have no heavenly Father Such as cares for you and me.” Philip Howard Motherhood has revealed in…

  • all things new

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    Janae
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    “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Sidney Greidanus The paradox of this line reverberates a truth I see too much as a nurse. The more patients we admit, treat, and discharge, the more I realize that we are in a perpetual cycle. More CHF, more pneumonia, more re-admissions. With new…

  • coping with hearts; remembering personhood

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    Janae
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    There is a tangible toll on those who are daily immersed in the suffering of others. Hospitalization is rarely a result of planned procedures. Trauma and sickness are never convenient. Nurses arrive to work with the opportunity to walk with patients and families as they face uncertainty and emotional turmoil. Nurses bear the anxiety that…