My moment of silence

Most of us have times when words fail and silence ensues. There are awkward silences and content silences and angry silences. And Camber silences. My silences happen when too much goes through my brain for my mouth to convert into coherent English expression. Like when a patient asks me how long I’ve been married. Four [...]

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The Great Blizzard of 2011

We survived our first Iowa blizzard.   Moving here, I thought snowstorms like this one were par for the course–I expected a couple giant storms a year. Turns out, this one was kind of a big deal. Here’s the problem: nurses don’t get snow days. I thought about bemoaning that fact, but the truth is [...]

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