“ My mother had a good
deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
Mark Twain, chapters from my
autobiography
Saw this quote and immediately thought of Mia. I have no
idea what it is, but the kid is definitely at her terrible twos, and has been
for a while. The sad thing is that… One, her birthday isn’t until September 7th,
Two, she is so darn cute.
Today, I am treading water. Classes begin tomorrow. I
transcribed my class calendar and clinical rotation schedule into my planner
and immediately realized that for the next 16 or so weeks, my life is pretty
much nursing. This afternoon, I cleaned, did every bit of dirty and “could be
dirty” laundry, and tried to get my mind in sync with conquering the next
several weeks. However, Mia had other plans. Like eating. Coloring on the walls
with a sharpie. Wanting to play. You know, have attention bestowed upon her.
The nerve, right?
How did I end up with 3 very noisy kids? When I am so noise
adverse? Is that just the way it works?
Moving on for a quick weekend re-cap.
Aren’t the things in life the ones that you have to work the
hardest for? The ones that challenge you, surprise you? That is what nursing
school has been for me. Not just a challenge, but also an outlet for me to be me, move on, and it has placed some
of the greatest people in my life in which, I would have never, ever met.
Saturday, I received a letter in the mail from the Endowment
Trust of the college in which I attend, in which congratulated on me as the
recipient of an anonymous donation that would cover a huge amount of my tuition
for the Fall 2012 semester. I am continually amazed at the kindness and
generosity of the many people that have rallied around my family during the
times in which we most needed it.
Thank you to those of you who have supported me and an idea
that was once was a crazy idea. You all have helped me turn it into… a
beautiful idea. To the individual/ individuals that made my fall tuition a
little bit easier, I want to give you a huge Thank-You from the very bottom of
my heart. Never in a million years would I have ever thought someone would
think that much of me or believe in me!
We attended the 19th Blood and Bone Marrow
Celebration last night in St. Louis. Once we entered the ballroom in which it
was located, both of us kind of stopped in our foot tracks as we tried really
hard to find two empty seats. We were definitely newbies at this event.
Luckily, a really nice lady invited us to grab two seats at their table. The
venue was packed full of 900+ people! After dinner, the presentation quickly
got under way. The speakers were absolutely moving! It is so beautiful to see
people like Daniel, functioning so well. The most moving part of the
celebration was when Dr. DiPersio mentioned in closing remarks that he was
going to be raffling off 2 round-trip tickets to a member of the audience.
Then, he spoke of a woman from Memphis, TN, and preceded to bring her up on the
stage, spoke about her and then, out of nowhere, brought her donor into the
room, for her to meet for the very first time. All the way from Germany. For
the event, he learned to speak a very small amount of English- just enough to
say how happy he was to fulfill the dreams and future for that very woman.
There was not a dry eye in the room- promise. Lucky gal, she is. I yearn for
the day that we may one-day find out more about the remarkable gentleman that
saved Daniels’ life. It was a phenomenal event!
There is never a moment that I don’t count each and every
single one of mine/ our blessings. It is events like this that remind you that
being able to spend a long and happy life with your family is a true treasure.
And unfortunately, for some, their lives are cut WAY too short.
It really just makes you realize the important things in
life.
I am closing with a remark from Dr. DiPersio’s speech last
night. Ashlynn spent many years watching Barney! Luckily, my other 2 children
did not take to the big purple guy like she did. However, Dr. DiPersio spoke about
a song from the show. Here are the lyrics:
Everything’s
better with a friend like you.
Everything’s
better with a friends like you.
Playing. Pretending. Whatever we
do.
It's better with a friend like you.
XOXO Kristin
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