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I recently brought my 11 month old grandson, Nathan,  home to Nana's for a two day visit. Nathan is absolutely a light in my life. He is however, sometimes a very fussy and demanding baby. He and I spent those two days playing with toys, going on a shopping trip, and just spending some quality time together laughing and playing. The last night he was with me for his visit, he was really fighting sleep and just very hard to comfort. I remembered something that just calms and soothes me…

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SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION LATELY HAVE MADE ME PONDER, MADE ME WONDER, MADE ME HAPPY AND MADE ME MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER. WORKING AS A PARAMEDIC I RUN ACROSS SO MANY TYPES OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ALSO WORK WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE AS I GUESS WE ALL DO. IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS SOME STATEMENTS HAVE MADE IT BACK TO ME THAT HAVE BEEN SAID BY CO-WORKERS, STUDENTS THAT DO CLINICAL ROTATIONS ON MY AMBULANCE WITH ME, AND EVEN FROM MY BOSS. MY CHARACTER, WORK ETHIC,… Continue

Long ago I left my home,

Where I had spent my youth.

There had to be more out there,

I had to find the truth.

 

I stumbled over others,

Into many lives and out,

Never finding comfort,

Still so full fo doubt.

 

Searching for completion,

Wanting to feel whole.

I couldn't understand,

The emptiness in my soul.

 

I finally got down on my knees,

Cried out to God in prayer.

Asking…

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In 2001 I was diagnosed with Major depression, anxiety and PTSD. I spent three years in and out of a hospital trying to find a reason to live. Six years ago, I found God again in my life. But even after this, my family (mother, brother, and all other relatives), decided that my depression could cause my children to grow up depressed and they took them from my home. My twin daughters were 16. They left my son who was 18 because they stated he was already lost to them. I continued with my… Continue