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It is our gift to be able to do just that to think back and think of events in our life those that made an impact in our life that we endured some with pleasure and some with pain.
Each impact made us a better person stronger in so many ways.




written and recorded by Nancy Macdonald RPN

ALWAYS LOOK to the future

Good Morning , and what a wonderfully day we can have if we let it happen.

Sometimes we get caught up in material values so we do not see the gifts we have and can share with others. That is our gift God has given us to help each day.

It may seem that we don't have much or the ability but that is where you and I are wrong.

We have so much to be thankfully for and to share.

Right now are you warm inside your home and you have had good food in your tummy. Your clothes are clean and you have some little aches , that's ok.

Think, right now if that was gone just for a second or two.

What if, you had no home or place to feel safe.

No food to keep the hunger away or the ways to feel that hunger.

No bed to lay your head down at night and feel the warmpth of sleep.

No school for education for your children, No job .

Yes I know we complain about our job and its demands.

Think if your job was gone or an accident took that away from you.

With a job we feel worthwhile and self worth ,don t we know?

Its not who you are, but what you do for a living that gives us many things.

The satisfaction of who we are and are status of what is accomplished.

What if there was suddenly none or the years advanced quickly for us.

Picture the elder man sitting in a wheel chair and we don't see him.

He was the man that gave so much for our country and so many sacrifices , to many to tell.

He was the farmer that kept us fed or the factory worker that went silently to his job every day and never missed a day, the man that went through the Great Depression .

Working from sunrise to sunset and walking miles to care for his family.

Do we see that when we look at him? Be truthfully now, do You?

Or do you see an old man in a wheel chair or someone who has had a disease rob him

of his dignity or his mind ravaged by dementia.

No longer the man he was , just a shell for us to see and wonder.

His family comes to visit him and not aware of who they are,

tries to cope with no memory of even the events of the day.

But he remembers long ago to a happier time when he was young.

Your gift share it with the elderly, they are our past and future.

The memories they share don't let it be kept silent.

Give and share your time, that all it takes.

You will unfold a friendship that will touch your heart.

So as we look at the day of Chists celebration of his birth , or the miracle of Hanaka.

The Queen said it so well in her chat with the world yesterday.

That the elders always kept the young to steer the course and to help that

they become caring and good for the nation.

Their energy is challenged and led in the right direction.

The peace of the heart where ever you are and the start soon of a brand new year.

Nancy Macdonald

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The days ahead

The love of life and family and friends

When I was training to become a nurse those many years ago now I can remember one of the lessons of being able to separate your feelings from your patient.

To be able to be a good nurse you could be sympathetic and show empathy to the situation but your mind and heart must stay separate to provide the best care.

According to the standards of nursing which each nurse practices and holds their registration of being accountable for one's actions at all times

There must be the line of a relationship that is always professional and that the patient's situation whatever it might be must not cloud your judgment.

It has been in my scope of nursing to be an online advisor to a young woman whose situation in life has given her many difficult times.

In other posts I have told you of our chats and my advice to her and to advocate that she seek help from a doctor or crisis center near her.

I am troubled as to her future as she trusted me enough to open her heart about what is going to happen in the next few months and due to her choices in the last six weeks.

The impact of these choices are so far reaching I am planning my strength of my advice on where it should lead for the best alternative for her.

Remember at any time that I give advice that is all I do, I offer to someone the ability to share what is happening in their life and let them unburdened and let go.

I have know way of knowing if what I say will have an impact , you are never judgmental in any way of someone's life style or choices.

We all make bad choices sometimes in our life and with them we learn . The lessons may be very hard and devastating that we feel there is no way out

That no one cares about us.

I ask this Holiday time to take the time to reach out to those in your neighborhood and local homes for the elderly, they need your time.

It is the most valuable gift you can share and be given back with the warmpth that will bless you.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

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by Nancy Macdonald RPN

A special day...What makes it..

WHAT MAKES a day SPECIAL?

Think about that for just one moment an pause on your busy day this holiday season.

To you it might mean a phone call or visit from a family member or friend.

Another person might say their mood was good , feeling great.

Another person might say its a good day since they were able to get out of bed and their pain was at least much easier to bare and could walk an not be tired easily.

What if it was chatting to a stranger on the net that made you feel better?

that's it a stranger on an advice line that took the time to make you felt your life was special.

Can you even imagine a young life filled with tragedy that felt her life was not worth anything, that no one cared at all?

That she reached out everyday for moments on school computer to let someone know her thoughts and her feelings.

At a young tender age with a willow frame of 98 pounds that she felt herself fat and ugly.

When I spoke to her at almost lunch time she had not eaten and was shivering in the cold with short sleeves and said she was not hungry.

She felt trust in me after almost a week of revealing to me finally her real name well at least her first name but not where she was except living with foster parents and attending school.

I know foster parents are very special people and ty their best , that is what I want to say is positive on most placements for young teens, yet I feel for this child.

She states she reached out to me since I had a warm smile and a motherly love and maybe I might have love to share and we could become close in time. Disturbing I found her words of wanting to harm herself and only having brief connections during school hours. What happens in the times between and weekends, so many unanswered questions.

I would like to challenge you this season and to make it a weekly effort of volunteering your time to an agency or church or school that need you. I feel it is a responsibility to everyone to give to others not just money but their time.

Thankyou for your time I feel it is not just at the holiday season but all through the year that help is needed.

But at holiday times feelings become so tangled and expectations are not met. People who have experienced loss and lonely feel that triple and most times are not sure how to handle it.

I believe it starts at one person at a time.

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written by Nancy Macdonald RPN

WALKING in my shoes

How can one person know another , is it through time or sharing?

As I write to you today most of you are aware I am an LPN or RPN which stands for Registered Practical Nurse or licensed Practical Nurse. With my registration as a nurse it is in my scope of practice that when someone reveals something to me , I must report it and seek advice.

I have an online website where I help many people with different problems,
sometimes it is a matter of listening and offering support or a place to vent
feelings.

It is a safe haven for many who are stressed as parents or alone or needing
advice on so many areas.

It is a paid site but no one is turned away from my services , if one can not
afford to pay for my services. It is still offered in whatever help I can be.

A young lady of 18 years old approached me last week and asked if I helped
with areas of stress, my answer yes.

She was very guarded and you could tell very upset and told me she was
at school and was troubled of what was happening within her life.
In chatting she told me of some of the tragedy that had already been
experienced in her young life.

With the service I offer the person can remain anonymous as to their
location and name and age,Often I don't have an email or way of contact.
It is their desire to speak to me about their problem. I cant basically
return and contact the person in anyway.
I have the screen name that they have chosen and that is all.

In chatting with the young lady she told me how miserable and useless
she felt and how very alone. With her low self esteem and the issues
she was facing she told me she wanted to die.

I tried very hard to get her to open up to me , but more to seek help
from someone at school , her crisis center at the local hospital.
I was able for her to trust me enough for her to tell me her state, not
a city or her school. She did trust me enough to give me her email.
that's all , her age and here weight of 98 lbs and her height and that
she had green eyes and played trumpet in the band.

Her last communication to me was yesterday, she told me that night
she had chosen to die. Her last email ..Help me.

I don't think she had any idea on how she touched my life and the
impact it has had this last twenty four hours.
With little information that I had and with the help of a close friend
we did report her situation to the proper authorities.

I hope that this young lady was found safe and is in the hands of
people that can help her. To let her know if somehow she can read
this , she knows she is loved from a special stranger and that she
is a child of God and special beyond compare.

She chose me to be her vessel and that I am, she told me I had such
a warm motherly smile.
As you read this , I ask you to say a prayer for this beautifully young
lady whose spirit is broken and she is wounded.
For those , who need the peace of heart that God does offer each an
every one of us.
At this time of year , I know the holiday season can feel that much
more lonely.
I ask you open your hearts to those around you.

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written by Nancy Macdonald RPN

each day make it count

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR LAST WORDS

WHAT if...........

that is exactly what it would be if they are spoken to your loved one

and he never returns

think about that just for a moment

and how special the people around us are

and what they mean to us.

REFLECT FOR A MOMENT , just now stop and think.

a friend or loved one goes out for an evening ..shopping or work

you share a few moment..maybe you are upset with each other or disagree

and that person is taken from your life in a flash, it does happen.

this is to honour all those that serve our country

and those in service of their country around the world

and to remind us that their lives are in danger every day.

but

also to remind us to take time with everyone we care about

tell them how much they mean to us

and tell them

tell our children , our partners and our friends

how much we care about them

that is my wish to share with you today.

I ask a prayer for all those ill at heart or injured in spirit or physically limited

or those that made a wrong choice in life or in that moment

yes we all make wrong choices at that moment we thought it was right or felt that urge

you know what i mean dont you , the people that hurt us.

in the end it does not matter ,but for that time we are hurt inside.

I ask that we have that peace of heart each an every day.

from me to you ..i share that gift

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Congratulations — you’re going to be a mom!

Whether it’s your first or sixth baby, there are things to consider and plan for: 

Do you have your birth-plan worked out with your family and obstetrician (nurse-midwife)?
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Do you have your suitcase packed (or things organized if you’re having a home-birth)?
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Do you have your emergency contacts in case you go in to labour at a less-than-convenient time? 
Do you have the nursery ready for your baby’s arrival? 

Does your baby have a family?
That last point might seem odd, but inasmuch as we plan with such detail about every other aspect of our newborn’s life, sometimes we overlook the most basic thing:
your baby needs a family.
I’m not going to delve in to the political hot-potato of single moms having kids, I’m simply going to advocate for a family for your baby.
If you’re married, this means a husband for you and a daddy for your child. The goal of parenting is not to simply avoid excessive anxiety, but it is to create a world of confidence by what we do with each other as much as what we avoid doing.

Weak marriages do not build strong families, nor do they infuse the hearts of children with confidence and security.
And isn’t that last phrase what we want most for our babies?

The best years of parenting flow out of the best years of a marriage.

Protect your relationship and you’ll raise happy, healthy children as a result.
Too often when a child enters a family (please note that you and your husband ARE a family even before you have children!), the marriage is set to the back-burner of the stove, be it due to exhaustion, lack of extra time, etc.

The parents leave their first love: each other.

Isn’t that the reason you married and decided to have children in the first place?

So before you begin parenting this new little one who will be so precious to you and your family, take some time to consider the state of your marriage.
If you need to work on it, start now:
your baby will sense and respond to stress in your home and your body more than you might realize.
You won’t want to have your precious bundle of joy starting out life stressed, so do what you can now to eliminate that and keep your relationship with your husband on the front-burner. You won’t regret it!

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There are many times in our life we just dont know who to to turn too when we are alone . It can be when we are stressed or lonely and dont know how to handle our feelings, its ok.

I do understand I have worked on a distress line and have answered many different situations and just first sit back and listen. I do not judge in anyway what is said to me in any way.

The best way of exploring the way you feel and to let go of those feelings , is to talk about them .I am a liason to and have knowledge of ways to help and put you in touch with an organization to help you.

As a parent of four children , I understand and can off you sympathy in those moments and listen and as a nurse answer those questions in the wee hours of the morning.

If you feel you are at the end of your rope and you cant cope when your baby has been screaming non stop and you just cant take another moment. Your so frazzled you just want it to end ..please call me.
I will be that shoulder for you to cry on ..to give you that hug and encouragement , to be there when you need me.





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