My Job:
I am thankful for my job at OCAHS. I love being a nurse there and the people I work with. Every time I work I learn new things and touch different peoples lives. And little do they know they touch mine as well. The physicians are a wonderful base of knowledge that never cease to stop teaching me new things. The care and compassion they have are wonderful. My co-workers are all different but all bring a well-rounded work force of character. They always keep me on my toes and smiling. My favorite are the patients. You never know who is going to touch your life in some way. Some are so honest, some are scared, some are hurting, some just need you to touch them and tell them it is going to be okay, some need an honest word themselves, but all there for some kind of support. My favorite is working the Emergency Room. Working one on one with the physician and never knowing what is going to come through the door. When you heart is pumping and your adrenaline running it is something you cannot turn away from but have to jump in with two feet. My next favorite is Postpartum. Teaching new moms and dads how to care for a newborn. Teaching them they are capable and seeing the love on their face as they look at a new precious, perfect child. Then there is Labor and Delivery. Going through a grueling process of pain and anguish. Helping them through tears and sweat and then to have a beautiful outcome of a healthy birth. To share a miracle with a family that could only be created by the Lord's almighty hand. To see 10 fingers and 10 toes. To see a baby turn and try to root for his mother, to watch it move and kick and open its eyes for the first time. To see love flowing out of a heart of a new mom and dad. My job is great. I am thankful God has provided this opportunity for me and all the people that are apart of it. Thankful!
My Extended Family:
I am thankful for a large family both on my side and Toby's side. I love having sisters to call and chat of the phone with. I love trading kids and having my nephews and nieces at my house. Watching them all interact with each other. I love playing games and having good competition. I love that to family you can say something bold and they won't take it personal and say sorry for it the next day and they say ,"for what?" I love Sunday dinners, roast and mashed potatoes. I am thankful for family vacations and the time you have together to share stories and get to know your nieces and nephew's personalities a little better. I am thankful for parents that you can call and they drop everything and run even though your a grown adult now. Family is a blessing.
Little things:
I am thankful for peppermint mocha creamer, hot showers, pushing a button and my van doors open, chocolate, mountain dew, shopping online, internet, friends, fun mail, cold water that comes out of my fridge, little please and thank you's, little prayers and amens, mascara, ceiling fans, sweat pants, mocha frappe's, my under-counter radio, swap shop, church friends, volleyball on Monday nights, library for kids books, my net book, texts from my husband, little kisses and hugs, my lazy boy, contacts, beaches and lounge chairs, sand toys, spell check, my watch, norwex rags, flannel sheets, my piano, and of course I love you's!
I know I am missing a ton of things, but we all know what we are thankful for everyday. May we never take them for granted.
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