Being able to help a patient feel better quickly.
Sweet patient had a headache, I taught her husband how to do healing touch and her headache was relieved within minutes! And it stayed away the rest of the night. Hooray!
And it's nice when technology makes life easy - inflatable bottom support was too firm for a newly delivered bottom..... let the air out of the support - patient instantly felt relief! No meds required! I love being in a modern hospital with gadgets, gizmos and technology to make life easier!
Now, I need sleep!
Adoration time coming, too quickly....
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
work and sleep
Today, I will sleep. Tonight I will work.
Really?
Do people actually do this?
Somehow, I find that I am actually someone who DOES this. And even though my body screams at me for hours before, and for a day or two afterwards, I actually LOVE what I do enough that I still do it!
I enjoy working with new moms and babies in a maternity center. I love teaching moms how to care for themselves and their new babies. I love coaching the couplet through the beginning of the dance of breastfeeding. I love being present to moms in the wee small hours of the morning, when the rest of the world is quiet and yet the baby is awake.
My hope is always that I am where God needs me to be. And if I am at work, that God would make my sleepless night productive.
Here's to being nocturnal. At least tonight.
Really?
Do people actually do this?
Somehow, I find that I am actually someone who DOES this. And even though my body screams at me for hours before, and for a day or two afterwards, I actually LOVE what I do enough that I still do it!
I enjoy working with new moms and babies in a maternity center. I love teaching moms how to care for themselves and their new babies. I love coaching the couplet through the beginning of the dance of breastfeeding. I love being present to moms in the wee small hours of the morning, when the rest of the world is quiet and yet the baby is awake.
My hope is always that I am where God needs me to be. And if I am at work, that God would make my sleepless night productive.
Here's to being nocturnal. At least tonight.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Week 2, run 2
This morning I ran the second run for Week 2 again. It was a beautiful morning, not too hot, not too humid and I was able to run a little bit farther than I ran on Monday.... in the same amount of time. Goal 5K on August 7th.... I am one run closer.
The other cool thing about today - 9 years ago, I married Mark. It still sticks out in my mind as being a really great day. And these 9 years we have been blest with relatively good health and of course, with Paul. We celebrated our 9 years together by eating Pizza at lunch and seafood at dinner. No big celebration this year - but for our 10th, we are hoping to do something big....
Today, Paul and I finished reading Ralph S. Mouse. Paul and I both enjoyed the book. I read aloud, Paul listened, and we talked about it together. Next book: Runaway Ralph.
More soon.
The other cool thing about today - 9 years ago, I married Mark. It still sticks out in my mind as being a really great day. And these 9 years we have been blest with relatively good health and of course, with Paul. We celebrated our 9 years together by eating Pizza at lunch and seafood at dinner. No big celebration this year - but for our 10th, we are hoping to do something big....
Today, Paul and I finished reading Ralph S. Mouse. Paul and I both enjoyed the book. I read aloud, Paul listened, and we talked about it together. Next book: Runaway Ralph.
More soon.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Who needss to run?
When you have a new laptop! My DH got me a laptop as an anniversary present! Hooray for us! And there's a prize if you know how many years we have been married.... Well, there's not really a prize, but I'll know you're reading if you post a guess.
At any rate, we are doing well, and we are not really celebrating this anniversary in any particular way. I have to work, unless I get low census, and Mark has to work, so methinks we are not doing anything in particular. This year.
Summer reading started at the library yesterday. And while Paul and I did read together yesterday, today was a bust. Partially because we were fussing at each other over following directions and partially because I became a lump in a chair as soon as I had my hands on this keyboard. Also, I was obsessed with figuring out video chat with my sister, Mary, and was unsuccessful. Ugh. Perhaps tomorrow will yield better results.
Currently, I am reading Robinson Crusoe.
Paul is reading Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Mark is reading Sharpe's Devil
And I am planning to run early tomorrow, so I'd best get to bed or I won't be able to run!
At any rate, we are doing well, and we are not really celebrating this anniversary in any particular way. I have to work, unless I get low census, and Mark has to work, so methinks we are not doing anything in particular. This year.
Summer reading started at the library yesterday. And while Paul and I did read together yesterday, today was a bust. Partially because we were fussing at each other over following directions and partially because I became a lump in a chair as soon as I had my hands on this keyboard. Also, I was obsessed with figuring out video chat with my sister, Mary, and was unsuccessful. Ugh. Perhaps tomorrow will yield better results.
Currently, I am reading Robinson Crusoe.
Paul is reading Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Mark is reading Sharpe's Devil
And I am planning to run early tomorrow, so I'd best get to bed or I won't be able to run!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Running
summer is here.... and i have decided to try to run a 5k on august 7th. if it comes together, i will run it in nyc with my sister mary.
also, i want to write more, and more often.
running, prayer, lactation, life in general will be on tap.
s
Monday, December 13, 2010
Faith Tradition.....
This weekend my family joined in the celebration of Msgr John Wall's 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. It was a phenomenal event, and I am so happy to have been invited. Even more, I am happy to have been blest by Fr John's friendship and ministry. Will post links to the pictures when they are available. It was an amazing weekend.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Quilt Raffle - Success!
We were successful in raising the money needed to retire Katherine's debt. Thanks to everyone who participated.
The winner of the quilt directed us to forward the quilt to a shelter for women & children, so it is being delivered to the Sisters of Life in NYC - to a shelter for pregnant women and their infants.
Thanks for following along, for prayers and support.
Happy Advent
Sara
The winner of the quilt directed us to forward the quilt to a shelter for women & children, so it is being delivered to the Sisters of Life in NYC - to a shelter for pregnant women and their infants.
Thanks for following along, for prayers and support.
Happy Advent
Sara
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