tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8143696560514565989.post2131839200877481441..comments2023-08-22T06:49:44.125-07:00Comments on <center>Slice of Life</center>: Nursing DegreeMrs. Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14053178292417204304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8143696560514565989.post-68289421265715774722013-05-06T05:10:34.747-07:002013-05-06T05:10:34.747-07:00Chole, words cannot express how proud I am of you ...Chole, words cannot express how proud I am of you and how everything worked out. Isn't that part amazing? It all works out, even through the disappointments. LOVE when KK ran up to you! Now rest and take it easy Momma, you deserve it!FitNotQuitJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014919189100257023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8143696560514565989.post-82078716252698336372013-05-05T20:31:51.157-07:002013-05-05T20:31:51.157-07:00Chole, I'm so proud of you!! Please---you are ...Chole, I'm so proud of you!! Please---you are NOT a failure. Sometimes God allows roadblocks for reasons we can never figure out. <br /><br />So welcome to the nursing club! We not only received our pins at graduation, but our caps as well. Do they even still have caps? Back in the "ancient times", each nursing school had their own unique style of cap. When you worked in the hospital, you could tell where someone had graduated by looking at their cap. Ours looked sort of like a chef's hat. Needless to say, I never ever actually wore it to work, but I still have it tucked away. <br /><br />Nursing is hard, and after almost 29 years of this career, I'm a bit burned out, I have to admit. My advice (for as much as it's worth) is to truly try to balance home and work. Randy has never understood me not being as ambitious as he is, but I feel drawn to home more than work. I'm probably going to go back to part-time sometime this summer. But even though it is a sometimes frustrating field, it is also filled with moments when you really feel you make a difference in another person's life. You get the opportunity to care for someone in a way that most people never do. That is truly a privilege. <br /><br />So again, CONGRATULATIONS!! (Now I can get back to the charting I'm avoiding by writing this! :-) )<br /><br />Aunt Deanna deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223933804892132413noreply@blogger.com