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A Life and Mission I am Thankful For

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 Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Today is a pretty low-key day for my family as the boys are in California with dad, and we are doing a non-traditional feast of pizza, salad and drinks this evening instead of turkey and fixings. It is my mama's bday today, and that is what she wanted.  Life has been very full. In September I began a new job working as a family nurse practitioner in primary care. I plan to blog more to share an inside look at medicine.  Obviously whenever I tell a story I have changed ALL identifying details of my patient, but have left enough in to get the meaning of the encounter for you. That should go without being said, but there: a disclaimer for you.  It has been quite the journey, and I must say that most days I actually enjoy my job. Would I rather stay home curled up with a novel or be out on the lake or traveling? WELL DUH. 😎But I can't make a living doing that so there you go. I always sought finding a job I loved enough to want to go to work. I hav