My college orientation sessions in the late ’90’s included tips like carrying a rape whistle, but none of the recommended safety measures prepared me for…
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Why Medical Professionals have Potty Mouths
**WARNING** This post contains strong language. If you use the expression, “H-E-double-hockey-sticks” or refrain from watching R-rated movies because the language offends your moral sensibilities,…
3 CommentsTo All Valorous Women
During my formative years, I heard more than a few sermons that put the Proverbs 31 woman on a pedestal as the ideal Christian wife/mother.…
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It’s booger season. And that means that urgent care centers, emergency departments and primary care offices everywhere are being inundated with people seeking antibiotics. So…
4 CommentsIn “I’m Sorry. I’m Listening.” I extended an invitation to publish a guest post on “what I wish white women knew about being a woman…
17 CommentsOde to Nurses
A few weeks ago, after feeding my face with rich, dense chocolate cake brought by a truly awesome nurse (for no particular reason other than…
7 Comments5 Pieces of Advice that Changed My Life
1. You work on you. When I married my husband, I was certain he was the most wonderful man in the world and I was…
6 Comments1. Wait times in most emergency departments are RIDICULOUS! But, if you have a real emergency, you won’t have to wait. If you have abnormal…
100 CommentsAfter ordering ample amounts of sides and some fried chicken for my husband, I pulled up to the KFC drive-through window to pick up my…
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