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 as beautiful as birth and death can be?  This is what I'm working on.  Being present in each and every day...noticing the beauty and the wonder.  I sat today and just enjoyed the sun and the silence of the day.  My soul was getting recharged and once I got out of my head, so did the rest of me.  We live in a world of worry and it's so hard to unplug from that worry each day.  My goal for this season of my life is to release the worry.  If I can't control the situation I want to be able to let it go.  That's where my control can be placed.  In the letting go of the worry...in the enjoyment of the moment.