Ghosts, Grief, and Spiritual Turbulence

A reflection on spirituality, grief, healthcare, and the lingering emotional imprints people leave behind long after they are gone.

The Myth of Medical Perfection (and the Reality That Follows)

Before everything today I just want to say rest in peace to Loretta Swit. You were  adored as Hot Lips Houlihan in M*A*S*H. You willingly became a champion for women in the military as well as nursing without doing anything more than playing an honest role as a nurse in a mobile Army surgical hospital …

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What do you call a group of Karens…

I mean, cattle have herds, lions have a pride, there is a murder of crows, and it's a nurse's station of Karens. Yeah, I know, I know, nursiepoo, didn't you get in trouble for insulting nurses?  Well, kids, if the shoe fits… Look, not all nurses are bad, and Hitler had some good ideas… Ok, …

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Co-dependent much?

  Upfront this story discusses sexual assault, be warned.  So nursiepoo has a confession to make. No, I was not the second gunman on the grassy knoll, nor am I some superhero by night in a quest to right the wrongs in the world. You've seen things of late, none of us have time to …

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