Tag: dialysis

• The Nuances of Life

  Yesterday I ended up driving my Mom and brother to the podiatrist. Not quite 2 weeks since surgery and I’ve still got a couple more days with it on. Again I found myself sitting right in front of my former workplace. A distant memory came back to me. The church lady and friend Yvonne came…

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  October 4, 2025

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  church, Clinic, dialysis, Family, fiction, friends, laughter, life, love, memories, podiatrist, reminders, time, uncles, writing

• September Is Gone

  It has been 13 years this weekend. No matter how many years roll around it doesn’t stop the memories or the dull ache of grief. My niece has always been a sweet reminder of how a baby can bring such joy and create a healing comfort from a recent death. It’s not as recent anymore,…

  Garnetjewel

  October 1, 2025

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing

  clinics, dialysis, Fresenius, September, vacations

• My Evening Thoughts

  Today has had a big twist. My heart has ached for the Kirk Family and their unexpected loss. However, even in the midst of this heartache there is a silver lining he knew Christ and had Salvation. We may be mourning as a nation or at least half of the country, but Heaven gained a…

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  September 10, 2025

  Family, God’s Timing

  appointment, cake, changes, Charlie Kirk, comfort zone, dialysis, health, kids, life, mental-health, process, surgeon, surgery, writing

• Writing Prompt:

  Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. Cincinnati. It was one week with my cousin Lilly, I was so nervous about the drive, but excited to get some girl time with one of the cousins I had equated to be a sister of mine. Thankfully the week before it happened it…

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  September 3, 2025

  Writing Prompt

  blessings, cousins, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2050, dialysis, Family, Guidance Counselor, leisure, life, love, Ohio, St Mary’s, travel, traveling, work trips, writing

• Rainy Days and Mondays…

  When I woke up yesterday it was lightly raining and a cloudy cold morning. I love this Carpenters Song, by the way. I grew up on their music because of my parents. My Dad likes it just as much as my Mom does I have heard them both humming and singing along with me. Flashbacks.…

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  November 1, 2024

  Modern American History, Unique Prayers

  brace, Carpenters, Clinic, cloudy day, costumes, dialysis, experienced, flashbacks, forget, Grease Musical, Halloween, halloween-costumes, haunting, high school, holidays, horrifying, lifestyle, lightly raining, memories, nurse, pink hair, test, tiny fracture, trembling, World War 2 updo

• The Ebb and Flow of Life

  The Sunday morning I got to sing a solo recently was a big high for me. It felt really good to be in my wheelhouse once again. Music was my first love, first passion and church ministry that came naturally for me with my family. The last two years everything has been difficult. I tried…

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  August 2, 2024

  Bible Reflections, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  agenda, baby showers, blood, character, cross-stitch, dialysis, emotionally, helicopter, inspiration, irony, legendary planes, lessons learned, museum, needlecraft, nightmares, old testament, personnel, physically, pits, PTSD, solo, surgeries, tunnel, ulcer

• 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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  February 19, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  clinics, dialysis, Family, family-history, favorites, jobs, movies, museums, parenting, Presidents, tests, travel, vacations, work

• Favorite Shoes…

  This morning the writing prompt was about my favorite pair of shoes I decided to write about my boots, they are a form of footwear so that is why I chose them specifically. It reminds me of a question from last year I answered. I have a pair of sneakers I found from the Terre…

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  February 19, 2024

  American Heritage, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  coworkers, dialysis, employer, fashion, favorite shoes, God, health, lifestyle, march, memories, messages, neurologist, patients, positions, running-shoes, shoes, sneakers, ulcer, washed

• A Positive

  In high school I remember the first time I gave blood. Several of us in my class decided to do so that day. I am not certain if I was a junior or a senior I just remember I wouldn’t have done it if one of my friends hadn’t have been with me to do it…

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  January 26, 2024

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  A Positive, A-Fib, blood, blood bank, blood drive, blood-donation, dialysis, donations, giving, health, heart, kidneys, life-giving blood, nurses, red-cross, Versiti

• Life-Giving Blood

  Monday evening I turned out of Sullivan towards Dugger going to what can be very frustrating railroad tracks heading home from eating supper. It was like deja vu all over again. Not very long ago I got down the road a bit and noticed the flashing lights behind me. I tried to slow down, but…

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  January 25, 2024

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  blood, blood spills, dialysis, drivers, emergencies, EMT’s, expiration date, flashing lights, health care, hospital, nurses, offensive driving, phones, privilege, rules, soapbox, stop, thoughts