I hate being pitied. I used to see myself as strong and capable, even tomboy-ish, and I took pride in that. I grew up playing baseball with the boys until they all hit puberty, and my parents made me switch to softball. Around the age of thirteen, I started playing the drums and spent my…
Ever since Damar Hamlin was injured and subsequently went into cardiac arrest the other night on the field, I've been replaying some of my own experiences over and over again. Some of those experiences are of calls I've run as a paramedic where I did what they did and more, not even making $15/hr, and…
Extreme confusion, mental anguish, and physical pain caused the perfect storm for me to want to give it all up.
I think this is one of the posts I've been dreading writing about and dealing with the most, but I suppose it's all about perspective. Right now I am making a daily choice to look at what I've accomplished and not what I've lost. There's not much I can say about what I remember very…
The last couple of posts have been a little heavy for me- cathartic, but heavy. I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce and exploit a side that we all have, but don't usually speak about openly... and publicly. Petty Christy has arrived and she would like to tell you about the time karma delivered,…
