Belonging

Sometimes it takes just the smallest of actions to renew one’s belief that they belong where they are.

Nursing through a pandemic has proven to be the most unsettled two years of my career. The decisions were soul-searching and the conclusions were position-changing. My proverbial cards have been shuffled twice in the last few months and I think now, I’ve restarted the game.

Walking away from a 37 year hospital career was the right thing to do. For me.

A simple phone call at the office where I now work was truly enlightening!! I asked for a chance to be helpful during the pandemic and was welcomed into an atmosphere of positivity and familiarity with less strain on the old brain and body!

The phone call was a child with a head injury. What to look for, what to do, informing and reassuring a parent. It was amazing how, almost instantly, the information that has been stored in my memory bank from the ER days came flooding out of my mouth. I was convinced I’d forgotten so much, yet , it still exists when it is needed!

I’m truly lucky to have another chance and choice. I am still contributing and now feel I belong where I am.

And so…the caring continues.