Strong Medicine

What an impressive site. I visited My Strong Medicine, a blog of a nursing professional, among other things. I love his post titled, “Hi, I’m the nurse. We’ve never met.” Read it. I applaud his style and enthusiasm. Thank you for posting this.

He mentioned something in another post. Here’s the quote:

It’s OK to forget, it’s OK to make a mistake, and it’s OK to need more time than others to complete something. That’s why it’s called practice. The more you do it, the better it gets. For you, for your colleagues, and of course for the patient. The key here being, to correct the mistake so that you don’t do it again.
Nursing is a learning process. You will learn more about yourself, your skill and your profession each day that passes.
Remember how much you didn’t know in the beginning? Just imagine how much more you’ll know tomorrow.

Thank you, Strong One, for reminding me of these things and helping others embrace the same!

President Elect OBAMA!

Wow what an inauguration! I rarely get to watch inaugurations. I am either busy, uninterested or whatever excuse. I didn’t have much of an excuse today. In fact, now that I am trying to be more involved in our homeschooling efforts, I had so many reasons TO watch it. Among my reasons are these:

1. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream is still alive and is playing out before our eyes. Rosa Parks efforts were not in vain. And it gave me a reason to pass this knowledge on to my kids.
2. I was so proud to be American today.
3. Barak Obama is so personal. He makes a direct link to me personally. He is living much of the American Dream – and inspiring others to do the same. Most of what America is built on was made for TODAY and the President gave me a taste of that.
4. It gave me a reason to educate my children on the Presidency of the United States of America.

Please forgive me for saying so, but this seemed like a spiritual event for me. Like a cleansing. Today breathed new life into our country’s momentum. Did you know that he said, “So help me God.”? Did you know that he used President Lincoln’s bible to be sworn in? Did you know that the Constitution has no provision to make the use of the bible necessary for an inauguration? The bible was not open. Other presidents had the book open to a verse, though he did quote scripture. Did you know that this president has never been in a military uniform, but he is now commander-in-chief? I don’t think he needs to have military blood. I just think the time is right for his kind of change. Many people fear change and will critique him every step of the way. I say, phooey! Let the change come. We may not see eye-to-eye on some issues, but I believe President Obama’s character is what our country needs. May Heavenly Father bless him and watch over him and his family, which he so obviously adores.

Kim has mastitis. She needs horse pills. She has ‘em.

Look at the pictures…new ones today.

Strong Medicine.