Do I have anything to say?: Friendship

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Friendship

I was hoping today wouldn't be my 100th post because I don't have anything "profound" to say (as if I usually do!). I actually wasn't planning on posting at all today, but then I saw the "quote of the day" for today. (I'm SO glad I found that link because I LOVE cool quotes and so far I haven't been disappointed in the quotes chosen for each day.).

This is the quote for today--There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. ~Saint Thomas Aquinas

Wow, how true is that?! Oh, how I have been blessed with wonderful friends! I have friends all over the country and even a "pen pal" in Poland. Some friends I talk to regularly (like my mom!), some friends about once a month, others just once or twice a year. These wonderful people help me put life in perspective. I have laughed with them and cried with them. We have gone through good times, great times, and times that seemed terrible. There is the friend I met on the beach when I was visiting family in California when we were TEN, the friends from high school, friends from college in Texas, friends from when I lived in Rhode Island, and the friends I made when I moved home. I have friends who are older and younger. I have friends who are from wealthy families, and others who are not. I have friends who are married with kids, and friends who are single and loving it (just like me!). There are those "friends" I have "met" on the blogs I read, people I will probably never meet this side of heaven. Oh so many friends.

What treasures, these "prizes", these friends.

I didn't end up in the PICU again today, but most of the day I only had one patient and she was just about as busy as the kids I had yesterday IN the Intensive Care Unit. I'm off for two days now (yay!). I did get an admission late in the shift and he was a cute kid with nice parents...maybe I can get him AND my other one back on Tuesday! That would make for a nice New Year's :o)

My next post will be NUMBER 100...I'll have to see if I can think of something very important to write about. I'd have to say that this post wasn't bad :o) Too bad no one's reading!

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Who's Who

Updated September 2013

I have one sister who is married and has two boys. "A" was born June 2009 and "I" was born March 2012. We are both really close to my parents and have lots of "family dinners".

I wrote a lot about my patients when I first started this blog. Some patients are still growing and thriving, and others have lost their battles.

My first foster placements lived with me from June 2010-September 2011. They were sisters who were 15 and almost 3 when they were placed with me and are now 18 and 5. I called M "the teen" and L "the little one". They live with their mom who still has many issues, but are doing well (ok) and I still have (not enough) contact with them.

My second foster placement came to me September 6, 2012. I call her Zoe and she turned 5 in April. She has cystic fibrosis and has been a patient on my floor at the hospital. The plan is still reunification.

Ivy is a 17-year-old whose mom died just before Thanksgiving. She has a Guardian, but is unable to live with him due to some family issues. She has no other family who is willing/able to take her. She moved in with me the beginning of February. She moved to a group home at the beginning of August as her needs were too great for me with my schedule and having another child with special needs.