Sometimes, I am keenly aware that my writing, processing, thinking, and speaking tends towards the dark, the haggard, and the grief-slog of day-in-day-out challenges. Often the things…… Read more “Light in the Darkness”
Category: grief
Emotional burden not burnout
Down time, some quiet, a couple moments of peace between one emotional, heavy day in patient rooms and family waiting rooms and another heavy, emotional grief group…… Read more “Emotional burden not burnout”
Can’t go on, must go on
What do I mean when I say this, and what difference does it make for me and for others? “Can’t go on, must go on” is a…… Read more “Can’t go on, must go on”
Healing when healing doesn’t come
Healing happens and it doesn’t happen, and often we don’t know why. Often healing happens to those who have done everything “wrong” and it doesn’t happen for those who have done everything “right.” So, in this paradox, how CAN we heal and be a part of healing?
Nathan Bettger | Oshkosh, WI 