There are some things you can never unsee. Before I became a Family Nurse Practitioner, I spent years working in critical care. One of the most emotionally challenging units I ever worked in was the Burn Intensive Care Unit. People often think of burns as accidents. Sometimes they were. But many weren't. I cared for children who had been placed in scalding bathtubs as punishment. I cared for husbands and wives whose burns had been intentionally inflicted by someone who

I realized there were times when I found myself watching other people's struggles. Not because I wanted terrible things to happen to them. But because something inside me felt a strange sense of relief knowing I wasn't the only one struggling. That realization broke my heart. Misery really does love company.

There are some moments in life that never really leave you. Not because they were yours.But because you were there.Because you cared.Because you witnessed something painful, preventable, and deeply unfair. When I was a nurse in the Burn ICU, there was a three-year-old little girl who had part of her finger cut off by her cousin with garden shears. It was an accident. Because our Burn ICU had a pediatric hand specialist, she was brought to our hospital, and her finger was re

Romans 12:2 says, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” That verse is not poetic decoration. It is survival truth.

One of the most common misconceptions in faith spaces is this: “If I were really trusting God, I would not struggle with negative thoughts.” That sounds spiritual, but it is not true.