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Ghandi was a great man and walked everywhere he went so the skin on his feet became very cracked and hard, and due to continual hunger strikes was fraile but maintained his amazing almost supernatural gifts of peace and understanding, but again due to his eating habbits his breath was horrible. So Ghandi was a...

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I am proud to say I am a Mother, a Daughter, a Student, an Employee, a Minister, a Healer, a Poet, a Cynic, an Activist, and many more things that change on a moment-by-moment basis. I live in constant amazement of this adventure we call life, and acknowledges that while the road may be bumpy, the ride is exciting. I graduated from the Registered Nurse program at Alpena Community College in May 2004. In August 2010 I received my BSN and the, ever the glutton for punishment I went back to school and obtained my MBA with a specialization in Healthcare Administration in May 2012. I am contemplating going on for my PhD APRN. If I decide to do that... SHOOT ME! I am a manager for a not for profit hospice agency based in Michigan, but the position allows me to work remotely so I may be traveling a lot over the next few years. I battled and defeated breast cancer and now I am living life to the fullest!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Preparing to Deploy (?)

An earthquake hit and decimated Haiti. The aftershocks were as bad as most earthquakes. I am a DEMPS volunteer with the VA, and I am preparing to deploy. It is an exciting time, and a frightening time.

I loved my time in Louisiana, I felt I really made a difference for once in my life. I have always strived to help others in their time of need, and my time in Louisiana changed how I looked at the world. I returned from that 2 weeks a different woman. I needed more. I no longer felt fulfilled in my work. I had see and done things that changed my very being.

Now I am preparing to go to Haiti. Conditions there are far worse than Louisiana ever dreamed. I am not sure if I will be chosen to go, but I continue to process all my paperwork, get my VA Travel Card, Government passport and get my shots, just in case. I am afraid to go for many reasons. My life here is just starting anew and I am not sure if now is the time to change my perspective once again. I fear that when I return I will have the same shift in perspective that caused me to seek different employment back in 2005. I worry that I can not handle what I will see in Haiti. I worry about my health and safety. I worry that if I do not go, that I will not be the person I am suppose to be. So I prepare, and if I am chosen, I will go and I will be a different person, good or bad. I can not NOT go. If I am chosen it is my path. When I told Edward I was going to Louisiana and asked him how he felt about that he said "You have to go mom, it's what you do." So here I am again, doing what I do.

I have intentionally chosen not to follow the news every hour to hear what is happening in Haiti like I did for Louisiana with the hurricanes. I want to live the moment, I want to be focused here until I am called there. I feel the need to assist when my brothers and sisters on this planet need assistance the most. I am a damn good nurse and I know I can make a difference. So I leave it in the hands of the universe. Take me there if that is my path. I am yours to command. I guess this is how some people feel when they are called by "God" to do "His" work. I will go if the universe sees fit. I will jump all the hoops like I did after Katrina and Rita and if the planets are aligned, I will make a difference.

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