The Feeling of Drowning
“I feel like I am drowning. I have felt like that for a really long time.” Many years ago, after being kicked out of my house with my young family, I was drunk on a friend’s floor. The kind of drunk where you suddenly realize you can’t get up. I laid there, crying, telling her […]
Night Shift
Night shift in a nursing facility is quiet…sort of. But not completely. Many residents are awake all night, and many more intermittently through the night. Interesting and philosophical conversations occur in the small hours while most people are asleep. A new and profound understanding of life is found when you are so often exposed to death.
I Want to Talk to You
Alexis and her mother, Angie, are some of the strongest, most resilient warriors you will ever meet. They are an amazing team, putting heart and soul into everything they do. Together they have moved mountains.