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Date Posted: 13:54:30 02/11/04 Wed
Author: Betsy
Subject: A warm Dead-of-Winter Hug to all of us!!!

It seems we all are in our winter emotional hybernation state. Well....I am, at least. My life is busy with lots of running around, but I feel like I've sort of drawn within myself in a rather cocoon-like fashion. Not a bad thing, just different.
I am still out of work recouperating from my surgery. It is going well, just slowly, and besides the financial disaster of the lost income, being home with my family has been wonderful. I've gone to every basketball game my kids have played in, I've watched lots of movies with my family, I've actually COOKED DINNER like a normal mother on a regular basis!!!!! I'm still having pain in the evenings from the shoulder, but the physical therapy is going well (even if it does hurt like the dickens...)and I can see the progress I am making.
One big thing that has happened in my life is that there is a vacancy in my dream job. Always I have admired and emulated the hospice nurses. There are seldom vacancies in the program, but there has been a job advertised in our local paper. I really wasn't ready to leave my job, which I love, but everything around me is telling me that I need to apply for this. Two of the nurses who work for the local hospice program even called me and said they had heard I was interested and encouraged me to apply. It is just terrifying to think of all the changes it would mean to me, but I just keep thinking that this is a huge opportunity and I really need to try. It would be a great chance to incorporate my nursing skills, my love of people, and my spirituality. BUT IT IS SO SCAREY!!!!!!!
SOOOOOO, that's what's up with me. What's going on with the rest of you?????

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[> If this is your dream job, Betsy, follow your dream and go for it. I am glad to hear you are healing well...slow and steady wins the race, right? Good to hear from you. (((Betsy))) -- Brenda, 19:08:13 02/11/04 Wed


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[> Hospice nurses are among the most blessed of the blessed. It has been my honor to meet several, and to tour a hospice facility. If you have the spiritual strength and the desire to do the work then you are meant to do it. Best of luck to you in your endeavors. -- beccabee, 00:39:21 02/12/04 Thu


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[> Absolutely. Follow the dream! -- Ron, 08:17:14 02/12/04 Thu


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[> You are a hospice "needers" Dream! -- Melissa, 07:09:02 02/13/04 Fri


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[> (((Betsy)))), get your A$$ in gear and fill out that application immediately. We have talked about this before. It is scary, any change from the familiar is scary but it's those changes that allow us to grow. I know, and you know, (along with everyone else here, :-) } that you will make an awsome hospice nurse. Reach for the stars, Betsy. They are yours for the taking. -- Keira, 09:33:33 02/13/04 Fri


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[> [> I started the application today. The skills check list is daunting, but I'm just taking it one step at a time. (((((Keira))))) -- Betsy, 18:04:14 02/14/04 Sat


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[> Thanks for the encouragement. I have decided to go ahead and start the process of applying. It really IS my dream, and if I allow my fears to stand in the way, I'll never face any change. I really DO love working with patients and families who are struggling with the transition of entering into the next chapter. I love the challenge of finding solutions to pain and suffering, and each time I have the honor of being with a patient as they are taken onward, I am humbled, touched, and surrounded by love. AND, they have restructured the job so I can apply for part time and still work part time at the hospital until I am ready for a complete change! How great is THAT!!!!!! -- Betsy, 18:21:45 02/14/04 Sat


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[> Hi Betsey: I will be away for a couple of weeks, visiting my own "oldsters." I will be thinking about you a lot. Many (((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))) to you. I am so glad you decided to go forward! -- beccabee, 18:34:26 02/16/04 Mon


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[> Hi Betsy. Scary is not so bad, I am scared by huge changes too. It's normal. Take whatever Creation offers and have faith! Everything will work out fine if you stay in the flow of life. I am trying to do that myself right now. It's not easy, but we can make it!!! -- Martina, 04:29:18 02/24/04 Tue


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