Telling stories since 2005
This year started with a bang and the hits just kept on coming. Jeremy and I broke up in spectacular fashion. James and I started then ended *something*. My dad died. I graduated school. It’s been A. LOT. So when I saw an ad in the back of a trade journal looking for *’residents’ *…
When the inevitable happened, I was taking an exam. I won’t say that I knew the exact moment, but I had a feeling that it *might* happen. I’d even fought with my aunt the night before. “You should be here tomorrow. Your father will probably die. You will regret not being here if it happens…
“Did you here about Jeremy?” I’m once again in the ICU at the large hospital where Jermey works for my clinical day. The absolute last thing I want to hear about in anything Jeremy did or didn’t do. But also, I can say none of this. By some miraculous twist of fate, I think I…
I went home with James. His apartment is right across the street from the restaurant so it’s convenient. I got in the shower and washed all the blood away. Somehow it had gotten in my hair. I got out of the shower and James had given me a t-shirt to wear. Everything else was destroyed…
I’m in my last 6 month of school. Sometimes it’s stressful. We are almost always in one of the ICUs or sometimes the ER so our patients are never really ‘well’. I still pick up shifts at the satellite hospital where Chris works. That pace is a lot slower, but I’m also a lot more…
I don’t like rules and I don’t always follow them but call it what you want to and sometimes RULES are just RULES, and these are the rules. The Rules 1. The Night Shift is a work of fiction. Realistic fiction. Fiction so real you may think it’s real. But fiction nonetheless. Even the main character,…
Dear Reader: Hi. My name is Eliza Marie Montgomery, and this is my story. It’s been said that one’s co-workers determine job satisfaction. Especially in healthcare. To some degree, I believe that’s true. After all, these are the people I spend the most waking time around. And even not on a 12 hour shift, these…
Peace Corps’ friends are a different breed of friends. They start out as government issued friends. Over time and sometimes due to proximity, they become lifelines. Meet-ups in the local regional hub when you just can’t handle village life anymore–PC bestie is there. WhatsApp calls for speaking in English when the 8-hour time difference to…
Peace Corps To Do List I have never been one to make lists, or more accurately, I have never been one to follow what’s on the list, but for an undertaking of this magnitude, I started preparing and list-making as soon as I submitted the application. Just last week I left my job. I transferred…