Fill up to Spill out

As 2021 comes to a close, I like to use this last week leading up to the new year to reflect on what was and look forward to what will be.  Like 2020, this year was hard, but it was also good.  It was filled with sadness and also filled with joy.  It felt fast and furious as we played catch up from the year before.  Demand for healthcare was high, (and like many things) supply was low, and I felt it to the point of exhaustion.   Over the last 2 years, I have picked a power word or word for the year to focus on.  In 2020, I chose the word courage as I had just released my first book out into the world and planned to write a second one that would be read by a broader audience.  And then of course, we know how 2020 went, requiring a completely different level of courage as I worked on the front lines as a healthcare provider when Covid was new and filled with so much fear and uncertainty.  I was one of the early ones to step up and get vaccinated the minute it was available to us, choosi

Wow, I can't believe we're in the last 10 days of 2021, and I haven't updated this blog since March.  I started this year with big goals for my writing, and although I kept posting regular content on social media, I did not have the time or mental energy in my day to keep up with this blog or write my 3rd book in a year that felt fast and furious.  As many of you know, my day job is not a writer or a blogger, but a family nurse practitioner, and working as a healthcare provider in the middle of a never-ending pandemic while also being a mom to two school-aged girls has been stressful.  Needless to say, it did not leave much time for blogging or working on my next book.   What I did make time for was reading.  I read more books in 2021 than I think I have ever read in a year.  I read to learn, read to grow, and read to protect my peace in a season filled with so much noise, negativity, busyness, and continued change.   At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read/liste