"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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The Noticing of the Unnoticed
"That’s how you know you've really got a home: When you leave it, there’s that feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." I never truly felt this of New York. Sure I miss my family and friends, but I never missed New York. I've never longed for it. But when I think on … Continue reading The Noticing of the Unnoticed
Saying So
I once thought, in a brief moment of naivety, that I had grown up. Misinformed was I as I shuffled on my way For I had failed to realize that you are as grown as the people you find yourself around. It may not necessarily be your fault, circumstances and such make it so that … Continue reading Saying So
Slipping
Hold back, hold on, letting go is too easy there is a catch, there has to be, something, something give it meaning, tell me what is needed to be heard, before it slips through the thin grasp I have. Let go they say, let it be free, but there is a catch, always a catch … Continue reading Slipping