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                  There’s something about the end of February, sort of  feels like the last few minutes of a long shift.... Not quite done.... Not quite ready to clock out. Just… hovering. It seems to me that February is a quirky month. It arrives with all the drama of winter, flirts with Valentine’s Day, then—almost abruptly—starts hinting that spring is somewhere backstage, waiting. For some of us in healthcare, it can feel like we’ve been running since the holidays, pushing through flu season; which was late in coming, icy commutes, and those stretches...

  February is kind of an odd little month when you stop and think about it. It’s the shortest one on the calendar, yet it somehow manages to feel full. Not busy-full like December. Just… quietly full. Like it’s aware it doesn’t have long, so it makes the most of its time. It’s also the only month that occasionally asks for an extra day. Every four years, February raises its hand and says, “Actually, I’m going to need one more.” A bonus day feels almost rebellious, especially for those of us who live by schedules, alarms, and clocks that never...

    So, it’s January again. Someone somewhere is very excited about a brand-new planner. You? You’re just trying to remember what day it is and whether that coffee on the counter is yours or from yesterday. And now the word resolutions is floating around. Everywhere. Like we’re all supposed to suddenly wake up as “new people” because the calendar flipped. Really… I mean honestly? If you work in healthcare, you already know how this goes. You resolve to eat better… until a code runs long. You resolve to sleep more… until the schedule laughs at you. You resolve to “take better...

Christmas           Christmas in healthcare is… different. It can be  alarms, charting, badge reels with Santa hats, and a vague sense that December happened to you rather than with you. Somewhere between your second cup of coffee, it hits you: oh right, it’s Christmas. But here’s the thing no one really talks about—this version of Christmas has its own kind of magic. It’s quieter. Weirder. Unexpected. And honestly? Kind of perfect in its own messy way. Connection doesn’t always look like a big family dinner. Sometimes it’s the coworker who saves you the last decent chair at the nurses’ station....

    Isn’t it funny how Thanksgiving always seems to sneak up on us? One minute we’re still trying to remember where we put our fall jackets, and the next minute someone is asking what dish we’re bringing to the family feast. And if you’re working in healthcare, the holiday has a special kind of magic—or chaos—depending on how many of us are on the schedule that week. But whether you’re spending the day passing the mashed potatoes or passing meds, Thanksgiving still has that warm, familiar feeling of gathering, gratitude, and the inevitable moment when someone brings up a...