Grandma painted a picture of me when I was four years old. She’s always been more of a landscape artist but her portraits -- when she does them -- are in great demand. The painting hangs over the fireplace in our family room. Grandma says often that it’s her favourite.
It has six images of myself on a muted background that changes from a child’s playroom on the left of the canvas, through a playground and bedroom in the middle, to a work environment on the right. The first image on the left is me as a baby playing on the carpet. The picture blurs into a four-year-old with a camera which moves into a ten-year-old swinging on a playground swing. The next image shows a teenager in a prom dress. This fades into a young woman with a camera around her neck, looking out the window of an office. The last image shows a woman with long, red hair carrying a big, black bag facing to the right. She’s heading off to the edge of the canvas, almost as if she’s moving towards her unknown future. Many people have commented on Grandma’s ability to see what I would become -- I was four when it was painted. Grandma says it was more her wish for a happy life for me. It was her dream for me -- in paint -- a dream she hoped would come true. I guess it’s a good omen that the background doesn’t have a beautiful scene of a tropical island.
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I am an RN. I have been for almost 27 years. I belong to the facebook group ShowMeYourStethoscope. It is founded and organized by Janie Garner.
She started it because of the comments on The View a while back. You know the ones. Janie and her team have managed to unite Nurses all over the world. She has done a boatload of good things- especially around Christmas. Another good thing is she has organized is a bottled water drive for Flint, Michigan. If you don't know what is happening in Flint, please Google it. You can check out Janie's blog post here. You can donate water to Flint here. Help if you can. Share the link far and wide. Together, we can do it. #SMYSofficial #FlintWaterCrisis #ShowMeYourStethoscope. #nursesUnite Rebecca did nothing but complain while we were sewing. What is the problem with her? She acts like she’s the only one with a bug up her ass. (And I do mean bugs and it’s not the ass that they are crawling up -- but I won’t get into that.) She spent 20 minutes (20 MINUTES!) complaining about the weather. It’s too hot. It’s too windy. It’s too sunny. Why doesn’t it rain? Then she moved on. Her sunburn hurts. Her hair is dirty. She has a rash. She hasn’t had a bowel movement in nine days. (That’s a tad more information than I needed to know!) Her skin is itchy. She wants to go home. She even had the nerve to complain about my cooking. I am offended. She also criticized my carrying thread and needles in my backpack. Wait until she needs a tampon!
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