Author: Garnetjewel
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Taking Care of Family
This photo seems like it’s from a different time in my life. It was sometime after Grandpa died, but Uncle Mike was either about to be on Dialysis or possibly already on those treatments. Grandma was actually in good shape here, but Mike was having troubles. Today I spent time in a neurologists office with…
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Who are your favorite people to be around?-Writing Prompt
Granted my family has changed over the years. Life is constantly changing my circles of family, work, and church community. I have only one grandparent left and two uncles and one aunt are now with Christ as well as one first cousin. Yet my church family is still growing and my family continues to grow.…
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Presidents Day 2024
When I worked in Dialysis back in 2022 I didn’t really get a family vacation that year. When I worked at DaVita I was able to get a week off in September. That was before my surgery to take out the hardware in my arm though a lot changed. Then I got on at Fresenius…
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Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.-Writing Prompt
Goodness it’s been at least a decade ago. We took our first ever Bishop family vacation before my brother was officially married. It was the first time we had him and his daughter with us on a family trip. It was surreal and almost didn’t happen… yet it was in God’s will. I was specifically…
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Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received.-Writing Prompt
I would be remiss to not mention the gift of salvation. It is the blessing of having a family blessed with such God-fearing personage in my lineage that I have what I do in fact have. Our church was the center of our lives growing up and still is now. In two months a big…
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Tests
What is it about tests or assessments that are just so extremely frustrating for a job? Am I the only one vexed by the impromptu erratic assumptions that have to be done before you get the go ahead for a job placement! Some people just aren’t good test takers, but are perfect for the jobs…
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Surveillance
Do you remember how Covid felt being watched and having to account for your time and what you were doing to someone from the health department? The mandates that were so conveniently and easily placed on American citizens… Do you remember how belittling that felt? Last night I just finished a chapter in Jill Eileen…
Jewells of Thought 