Tag: PCS
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Ein Jahr.
I’ve tried to write this post multiple times and have deleted them all. The menial words I have on my tongue could never fully explicate my thoughts and emotions. Incredible growth has sprouted from my roots – like it’s always been there, a seed within, waiting for the sunlight of experience for the little leaves…
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Drei
And suddenly, in a few days, it will be three months since we made our journey. In these three months, I’ve begun working, found an amazing sitter for Tristan, explored a few castles, met some wonderfully welcoming co-workers, learned to drive the German roads, learned to move fast in the checkout line, eaten an insane…
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The First Week
Today marks our first week here in Landstuhl… and our first week in quarantine. It’s hard to say beyond what our experience in our little apartment has been, but it has been good! One more week and we break free! Our time in quarantine has been spent adjusting to jet lag, playing an insane amount…
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A Decision is Made
It wasn’t an easy choice to make. Sure, living abroad tickles anyone’s imagination: castles at every turn; train rides to Paris and beyond; Weihnachtsmarkt und glüwein… being somewhere, anywhere, other than here. But picking up your entire life and moving it to another continent… Many intricate details needed to fall into place in order to…
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Moving Day
The movers are here. I can hear tape ripping from the roll, boxes shuffling across the floor, and I’ve offered donuts to the guys. I sit here as all my belongings are moved onto a truck for the most enormous move/decision/adventure I’ve ever had in my life. My emotions are all over the place today.…
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About this Blog
The decision to become a nurse was simple: a switch flipped, a light flickered on, and my future came into focus. I was a new mom with a job I hated, no real education past high school… all I knew was, I needed a plan. I thought back to my experience on the L&D unit…
an (american) labor nurse in deutschland 