Sweet and Salty

Today was a sweet and salty day... we had our (3h) meeting with all of our nursing staff which I can say  was a challenging meeting.  Of course we discussed the usual (salary, promotion, benefits), congratulated a few staff and services on a job well done. The hardest part of the meeting was when we had to talk to the staff about negative behavior patterns and several other incidents that occurred during the month.

At the end of the meeting one of our nurses pulled me to the side as I was walking out of the room to say "Ms. Marc, did I ever tell you how much we like you"... That made my day after this meeting.  

Sometime you never know how much you need those words of affirmation.

It as a good day after all.

A Life Well Lived

January 6th my Grand-mom took her last breath. She lived 99 years and 8 months!

As I write this blog tears well up in my eyes and this tension fills my heart.  The tears...yes, for a life that has been lost but more because of the moments that are forever lost to me.  Choosing to live a life so far away from family means that I choose to miss the births and birthdays, the showers and the weddings, the dedications, the family dinners, the campouts (or glamping), the movie night or the game night, the shopping sprees (which I can do without) followed by the lunch dates with my sisters, the climbing into bed to my mom to talk about the day or the wrestling  with my nieces, nephews and small cousins (heck even the big ones).

Choosing to live so far away from family mean I chose to miss out on making memories,  that I chose to miss the one-on-one time with my grand-mom, who was a vivacious woman filled with love and compassion, the spark of life and a wicked sense of humor.    

Living so far actually never has to be a choice to miss out rather it's an opportunity to reach out and make sure even though I am not there in person I can find other creatives ways to be there.  An opportunity to not  allow fatigue,  the frustrations of the day and the "inconvenience" of time be the reasons or really excuses to miss out of real life and time with the ones I love.

When my grandma took her last breath I lost something precious...I lost time.

It is my desire to not miss any more time with the rest of my family.

And I'm Back...

Shoot forgot my password and the link to my blog but now I AM BACK, hope you hang in there with me on this adventure I call life

Wisdoms cry

I have been studying about wisdom this week in the book of Proverbs. This afternoon I had to really pull on what I learned about being quick to listen, willing to understand and slow to speak and more so I had to pray about how I would respond as I held meetings to address some issues with a few staff members.

The meeting started off tense and I was praying about how to clearly address the issues and not just confront them but more importantly how to listen and not just respond thus putting into practice what I read earlier that day. Happy to report that within 5 mins of the meeting it became more of a brainstorming session to address some of the issues we identified and ultimately ended as a sort of team rally.

Not an easy day, but it was a great day.