Thank you Heidi and Fliss

[Guest guest]

I still dont know when I will return to work exactly. My super is

out of town and will return tomorrow so I suppose I should hear

something then. In all honestly I am just so happy to return to

work it doesn't really matter if I ever get a promotion. I

understand what you mean about, Fliss, about how our careers have

taken a back seat to our families and our health. Being women we do

have it easier then men as we may choose to stay home or not,

financial limitiations not withstanding. Men however, are often

viewed by what they " do " rather then who they are. A somewhat

unfair cultural sterotype but we are stuck with it.

I dont know if I will be able to handle one 8-hour shift so we will

see, but I am all fired up to give it my best shot. Heidi, I did go

into nursing when I as in my 30's. Graduated from MUSC at 35 with

my RNBSN. I truly beleive that God, or what ever supreme power you

have faith in, has encouraged my nursing career, so I dont for one

second beleive that career is over. I wept all last week waiting

for that letter from my super, I was awful to live with, very

cranky. I kept telling myself if not this job, then another will be

along. But who wants to hire a middle aged woman with a chronic

condition that may end up leaving in a few months never to return.

Sometimes our minds can be our worse enemy.

I dont feel that I am settling for less at all, I feel that I am

taking back my life, or at least a part of it, a very important part

of it. Thank you both for your support and I will let you know, of

course, how things go.

Love

Chrissy