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When You’re Not Your Husband’s “Woman-Crush Wednesday”

He doesn’t comment on my photos telling me how “gorgeous” or “hot” I am to him, and I don’t get the “I love you too, baby’s” whenever I post something admiring him.

“You Were Breaking the Law, Weren’t You?” — Why We All Need a Savior

"The prostitutes who broke bread with Jesus were not pretending to be someone they weren’t."

From My Husband: “If This Text Goes Through, I Love You”—The Day I Realized I’m Not OK

We played phone tag for hours and then he texted me a text I hope no one ever has to receive from someone they love and miss: “Still not working. Phone’s going to die. If this goes through, I love you.”

Tag: Nurses

To the Nurses Who Delivered My Stillborn Daughter

"I'm not sure I would have lived to see my daughter..."

“They All Died. If You Came Into the ICU, You Left in a Bag”: Brokenhearted Nurse Suffers PTSD After Pandemic

"If you see a nurse friend with a distant, haunted look... try and understand why."

“I Didn’t See Cards in the Nurse’s Hand During My Epidural. I Didn’t Hear ‘Go Fish’ as I Delivered My Child”

"You know what I do recall? The nurse that stood in the bathroom with me and gave me a shower after my C-section. The nurse that was on the helicopter with my Mom the day she died and said she made sure she held her hand because even after she passed she didn't want her to be alone."

What God Would Say to Nurses

"My vocation, my skill, my calling, that thing that I’m good at will no longer be a thing... that kind of makes my job as a nurse obsolete in the hereafter."

Why People Are Really Getting Sicker

I looked over at a physician I have worked closely with for over half a decade and asked, “do you think as a whole the patients are getting sicker?” It didn’t take him long to agree emphatically, “they sure are!”