Monster of my Memories.

My grief rattles around, inside the depths of my soul, clanging against my bones, aches into my viscera. It permeates into everything I do and am. But you do not see it, you see a smile or a laugh, an outward expression of who I used to be. Beneath the pleasantries, my grief rolls around...

Looking back on how to move forward…

Hello lovely humans, First and foremost I want to take a moment to thank you for indulging me in reading my musings and supporting me from near and afar. Thank you. This has been a very interesting and eventful year for me. I am excited and eager to see what the next few years may...

To the “snowflakes”, like me…

Helloo to the curious and curiouser, I am so sorry I have not been writing as much lately I have been rather busy with work as well as with some of my extracurriculars. I read something the other day on the book of face (Facebook for the literally inclined) and I decided today I would...

Crossing things off your Professional Bucket List…

Each year I write a learning plan to be accountable for my knowledge and practice as a nurse. I like to think of this as my professional bucket list. Today and yesterday I had the immense pleasure and honour of crossing some of the things off I was hoping to one day accomplish on that...

Reliving the International Death Symposium: Day #1

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural International Death Symposium in Toronto hosted by the Institute of Traditional Medicine (ITM). I must preface this post with, IT WAS AMAZING! I also need to acknowledge my inherent bias of being around what I affectionally call "my people" this is totally my tribe of...

Gratitude, in living and dying

I decided to write about gratitude today as I have been, for the second year, doing the 365 grateful day project or grateful day project on Instagram. I have decided to do this again as one of my new year's resolutions because I once read somewhere that taking time to be grateful for what you...

Opioid Crisis or Crisis of Humanity?

We are living in a time of fear and crisis. Everywhere we turn I hear "we are in a state of crisis...", or I see fear mongering and hate speech being thrown around like it is the crappiest kind of confetti. The latest crisis we are experiencing in Ontario is the "opioid crisis". I personally...

Why Political Action Matters in Palliative and EOL Care…

In honour of both Nurse's week and Hospice Palliative Care week I figured I would address one of the things that I often spend time talking about from my soapbox. Personally, I do not think that these weeks are shared as for me there is no such thing as nursing without Palliative and End of...

How to Better Care for Ourselves…

I write this blog as I am sick, the irony is not lost on me. But it brings to the forefront of my mind the ways in which we need to nourish ourselves. This also means that we need to consider the ways we do not as well. Knowing how to identify burnout and fatigue...