pmabraham, that is such an inspiring narrative and its too bad everyone can't read/hear your story. I held back my tears because it answered so many questions I've asked myself that I didn't want to...
Thanks for your kind words HolisticRN2016. LET'S GO FOR IT! We'll find employment. As far as retirement goes, I haven't been teaching very long. I spent two years at an Islamic school teaching kinders...
Hi Ruas61, I know that everyone doesn't abandon their elderly family members. I stopped visiting my grandmother but as I mentioned, she passed away in her own bed. My aunt stopped working to take...
Hi Fiona59. That makes me extremely anger. Animals, children, and especially the elderly are always abused physically and emotionally because they are the most vulnerable among us. I don't know if we...
Hi Applewhitern, it's a relief to know that we're not in the geriatric group yet, whoa. However, my interest in geriatrics has to do with my grandmother. She was in her 80s and had thyroid cancer....
Hi Hispanik RN, Certainly you know that God works in mysterious ways and sometimes speaks to us through others to help put us back on the right path and restore our inner peace. Isaiah 55:8-9 says...
Good evening, Esme12. I like your quotes. Especially the one about insanity. Which is why I have to leave the teaching profession. I'm interested in primary care. I'm in the Virgin Islands and things...
Hi Ruas61. Helping others makes me feel good. I love teaching but know I couldn't retire as a elementary school teacher. I believe that working one on one with people would be more rewarding,...
Thanks for your response, Dewman. Why don't you go back to engineering? One of the reasons I feel confident about "trying" a second career is that I know I can always go back to teaching. It gives me...