BUTTER!!!

Inspired by Della at Householder's Guide to the Galaxy, I decided to try and make butter from scratch. I had these old notions of churning and churning all day like what I'd read in my Little House books as a child, but thanks to technology, the whole process took about 10 minutes start to finish. I watched a few YouTube videos, bought a quart of cream, poured it into my KitchenAid mixer and voila. Butter. Made by me. It may be silly but I feel a bit like a superhero. Next time I plan to go to the local dairy and buy the all-natural cream. Here is a pic to show my end product!!

Yay me!!!

The Privilege of Being a Nurse

This is an amazing article. As a nurse on the OB/GYN floor, it is not uncommon to go from one room, helping a brand new mom learn to breastfeed her baby to the next room, where another woman has just had her breasts, uterus, ovaries, (everything that makes her a woman) removed. I feel humbled and blessed on many nights to have the important job that I do. I've been entrusted to help these patients recover during life changing experiences; how awesome is that? When I was a student I felt the same about the learning opportunities. As much as I disliked clinicals, I felt awestruck to be one of the six people in the OR during a patient's most vulnerable moments. I can only hope that the student mentioned in this article has begun to see the privilege of her profession and the importance of making her patients feel safe.
Read it here:
Article: I will fear no evil: for you are with me