The Next Life

Seldom do I see something that makes me think, “Now there’s something I’ll never forget.” That being said, I saw something in California last weekend that made me stop and pause.
My uncle had a hospital bed sent to the house so he would have a place to rest during the day. Sometime after the [...]

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This Is Your Song

It’s so incredibly hard for me to believe that he is gone.
I’m not doing well at all.
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Change of Plans

I decided it would be better for me to cancel my overseas trip. It’s better for me to spend that time with family in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

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Something new.

As incredulous as it seems to write this, I think yesterday’s service was the first funeral I went to that actually hurt.
I can’t believe we spent the whole day yesterday preparing to say good-bye to him. It seems like such a ludicrous thing to do — admitting before God and everyone you love [...]

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Aftermath

For the last four weeks I’ve handled Uncle Nate’s illness like it was a case at work.
Now that it’s over I’m starting to feel sad that my Ninong has passed away.
I’m going to miss him so much.
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The next chapter.

My Ninong Nate passed away today.

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Pleasant Surprise

Today I started my career as a Research RN for the HIV clinic. On my way home after work I heard the following on NPR,
“Twenty-five years ago today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its first report on an illness that would come to be known as AIDS.”
I’m taking this as a [...]

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Nurses are heroes.

After meeting N.G. in 1998, I’ve always thought that RNs are heroes. That sentiment came to mind again as I ended my O.R. career yesterday afternoon. Nurses, while making more money than some other working individuals are not necessarily in nursing for the money. I feel that the vast majority of nurses choose the career [...]

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The definition of evil.

Last weekend, (has it been a week already?) my uncle and I touched briefly on Philippine politics and he used the phrase, “… the evil politicians…” I was never really able to conceptualize “evil” per se until I finished watching an episode of the HBO documentary, “Pandemic: Facing AIDS.”
The episode focused on the life of [...]

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