…and on brand with the rest of my life, I find that I'm getting asked in various ways what my experience(s) with loss, pregnancy, and motherhood has/have been and what advice I have for those asking these questions. And while I don't aspire to influence, I can appreciate that being a big sister, leader, friend, cousin, daughter, and nurse has lent people the illusion that I'm a master of anything. If I can impart any wisdom, it's that I have none... Just the white knuckles and silver lines mapping out how the things I have carried have left their imprints on me.
At the very least, I'll be able to streamline my answers in a single place (I'm a big fan of docs, ask any of my friends) and perhaps make answering a few FAQs a little easier on myself.
So ask away and I'll share what I've learned over the course of 10+ years in the medical community, critical care, ER and perioperative experience, 30+ years as an older sister, cousin, friend, confidant, daughter, jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none, podcaster, coach, COO, nursing director, creative, and mom. I'll tell you everything I know through the lens of my body of work and with the personal theory that the older I am, the less I know, the more I seek to learn, that the picture is always bigger and that there is always a bottom line, or two.
Note, "doctor" and "lawyer" are not listed in my above titles.
Take what you like and leave the rest.
xx.