Brave Enough To Be Bliss

while, but he has been the very best dog Kylee could have chosen and I have gotten so much joy from seeing them that I honestly feel no more guilt for saying no all those years.

The pandemic was rough for Kylee, physically and emotionally. She saw more death that first year than she will see moving forward in her entire career. On her way home from work, she would call me and debrief about the day, and I could hear it wearing her down more and more. When she started telling me about the patients who were my age or younger, and holding the iPad while they said goodbye to their loved ones, it began to sound and feel like it was too much. For better or worse, she can compartmentalize like her mama, but physically having to provide total patient care for those COVID ICU patients in isolation was hard enough, along with the emotional strain. It was a lot, especially for a first-year nurse.

So that’s why it was especially good for her to have Danielle there. She knew how to keep Kylee going through hard times: she’d done it before, and I was sure she could do it again. They did puzzles, like many others in the country during quarantine, and they were also very creative. For a brief time, Cooper was barktendercoop on Instagram hosting a drink of the day. His first post: I learned a lot about basil when I “accidentally” ate my godmother’ s

basil plant! Thought I’d make it up to her this time with a strawberry basil Moscow mule. I think we’re even. His second post: Put a few extra shots of tequila in my humans spicy margs in hopes they give me extra treats .” Turned out Coop wasn’t just a cute face, but also a comedian. It was so special to see the girls living together again after several years apart. They had spent so much time with me after the divorce and Kylee’s concussions that it felt a bit like old times, but even more fun because they were adulting now and I didn ’t have to feel responsible for them. Resources ▪ Speech To Change Your Life Today! Admiral McRaven "Make Your Bed" Motivational Words Of Wisdom (youtube.com) ▪ maxmentality. ™️ | Four life lessons : Kim Emerson Follow @moneymindset.goals for more motivational content ✅ . . . #motivationalspeech #moneymindset… | Instagram

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