I have been lucky, in life, to have met and loved so many different and amazing people. I have also felt the gut-wrenching loss of losing some of them to time, accident and illness. Today I found out that I passed the NREMT-Paramedic Cognitive exam. After 11 months of blowing off friends, relatives, and my … Continue reading Let Me Tell You About My Aunt Norma
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Wishing To Be Heard
As I am sure you have all heard, the United States Supreme Court ruled today in favor of same-sex marriage, completely wiping away the last vestiges of discrimination against same-sex couples wishing to marry. This news comes on the day that my wife, my mother, and I were setting up my wife's and mine wedding … Continue reading Wishing To Be Heard
Thrown back to me
2:38 am and I'm at work, refusing to sleep because of rationality. So I think of the tap of the keys and the smooth plastic underneath scarred skin and I find comfort in the reality that I am not special. I saw my vows today, and found myself wanting, because rationality has broken over and … Continue reading Thrown back to me
Writing Challenge: Why Paramedicine?
"You are exhausted all the time and stretched too thin. Why would you choose a career that is mentally and physically draining when you already have a degree and other options?" When I was writing my speech for my college graduation, I struggled with figuring out how to say what I wanted to say, but … Continue reading Writing Challenge: Why Paramedicine?
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