The In-Between
Death. Death will greet us all one day so why not understand it and embrace it? In my line of work as a nurse, especially as a hospice nurse now, I come face to face with death weekly if not daily. And what have I learned from this up close and personal time with death?? That it can be just as beautiful as birth, that lives will be forever changed, and that memories never leave us. Birth. As a new nursing student I was delighted to have the opportunity to assist with a birth during my nursing school clinicals. It was mind blowing. To watch a women's body change, morphing with each movement of baby and then spring forth this life from her loins is absolutely the most miraculous thing that I have ever seen. Tears sprung from my eyes watching this young mother give birth to her first child and to think that I was able to be a part of that beautiful moment! So what do we do with our In-Between? How can we make that just...