Gloryboo

Hi smf0903, I haven't been been on All Nurses in a while and just read your post. Thank you for your kind and comforting message. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dad, but glad to know you could be with him at the end. It must have been so hard to see your dad's doctor in clinicals. My doctor was also my mom's doctor and I blubber every time I see him. That's not quite the same situation, but I can relate. I wish you healing from your loss, strength to go on, and hope you are doing well. Sending gentle hugs in return.

Hello everyone - just letting you know I ended up dropping the program half-way through. Trying to keep it all together for my son and family through Christmas, there was just no time to grieve, and I needed that. My school allowed me a late-drop and good academic status, so I can re-apply in the future. Thank you for all your kind words, inspiration, and for sharing your similar experiences. It helped me a lot. I wish you all the very best and tremendous success in the future. Thank you for helping me.

Danlee, you''re mom recognized what an amazing nurse you can be, and I will include you in my prayers. At least you were tough enough to keep going. I ended up dropping the program half way through. If you can put up with all of this, and get all A's, perhaps I can re-apply and try again. Thank you for inspiring me.

I am so sorry to hear about your dad and for taking this long to reply. The responsibilities of being a child/advocate/caregiver are never easy. I wish you peace and hope and strength and blessings.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and wisdom. You are all so wonderful, and I feel like part of a big family :) here. So, I took that first big step and began my RN program. Its going on 3 weeks now. I am blessed to have some of the best professors I've ever had, and a great group of classmates. During the second week I let my prof know about having recently lost my mom and she was very understanding. I just wanted to let all of you know how much better I feel having talked about this and to tell you how grateful I am to you for listening. Wishing you all the best. Hugs!

I like the idea about keeping a piece of her jewelry with me. I have her locket with my pix in it - think that will be the one. I also have my mom's Bible. I think I may tuck that into my backpack as well. Thank you.

Thank you all so much for your kind words of support and encouragement, and for sharing your wisdom. It means a lot to me. So...I went up to school and purchased my books today and found where my classroom and lab will be. I really want to be a nurse, and I am going to go for it. I hope to aspire to be as good as all of you some day. God bless.

Thank you for helping me by moving my thread as this is my first post on AN. I was glad to hear about your niece's perseverance in a situation similar to mine and am encouraged by her success. I am grateful to everyone in this thread. Thank you, everyone!

My mom died just before Christmas, and my first day of nursing school is coming up in January. I was with her during her entire stay at Hospice and was with her when she died. I was fortunate to observe some exceptionally skilled Hospice nurses whom I consider to truly be "angels among us." Every one of them were amazing and I am so glad to have met them. I try to focus on my blessings, but I never realized how powerful grief can be - its manifesting in pretty bad back and neck pain, GI upset, lack of energy, etc. How can I psych up for nursing school next week? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. God bless.