summer

i like this song but I really just want to jump into the video.
beautiful. summer is right around the corner and I can't wait!

rick and i are getting ready to close on our first home that we are buying together.
so excited to get to work.
to have a beer on our own deck.
to enjoy a coffee on a chilly morning overlooking our view.
to blast our massive speakers.
to call it our own.
the birts- rick devin foster susan

i am amazed at the difference i feel about my job now and maybe this is because i'm still off work.
i feel like its the back burner, because my real job is being a mommy.
i am multiple roles but being a nurse isn't the first or even second on the list anymore.
wife mother daughter sister friend nurse
i like it this way- it just means my life is full

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i don't usually take any kind of political stance but i would like to share my viewpoint. right or wrong.
i'm having such a hard time with the gun control positions that are all over Facebook and listening to those that support the NRA and are in opposition of our president.
i listen to the views that are around me.
but i continually wonder when is it enough?
columbine wasn't enough. mall shootings weren't enough. arizona shootings weren't enough.
are the sandy hook shootings enough? is the death of our youth enough to ignite change?

I am not saying everything that the president is putting forth is what I feel is right.
I do feel we should have the right to bear arms but i think if I didn't support changes that if something were to happen in my own son's school I would be partially at fault.

i think change is needed. being in the healthcare field i frequently see the mentally ill.
mental health in clinton county is underfunded and understaffed. the process is broken. and it is broken everywhere.
sitting watching the inauguration and looking into the waste of our nations funds i can't help but think where those funds could be put to better use.  that our troops still being across the ocean is wrong. have them come home. put money in our children.

i guess my point is for all the critics is to give us a better plan. not one where our teachers are armed. creating a whole other set of problems and access. stop criticizing the attempts to protect and strive to help the mentally ill. help to make sure firearms are in the right hands and make attempts to keep them from the wrong ones.