by Danielle | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Believe. That one little word has always been a powerful and important one in my life. But it took on a whole new level the Monday before Christmas 2003, when I silently asked God if a little Jewish girl from Scottsdale, Arizona could suddenly start believing in Jesus...
by Danielle | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
His breaths had slowed to such an interval that by the time they stopped, I stood there for several minutes with my hand on his chest to be sure that it was no longer rising and falling. I wasn’t entirely sure he really was gone until the nurse came in with her...
by Danielle | Aug 9, 2020 | Nursing, Night Shifts & School
It’s hard to believe it was only just over a year ago that I went from cushy and clean office jobs to the messy manual labor of patient care in order to get some experience as I become a nurse. There have been many moments when I wondered what the hell I was thinking...
by Danielle | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I got tested for Covid-19 on Tuesday. And now I wait for results. At home, quietly. Without going out and about or even seeing extended family. Though I haven’t quarantined from my immediate family, I did have my ex-husband keep the older girls an extra few days until...
by Danielle | May 19, 2020 | Faith, Family & Relationships, Nursing, Night Shifts & School
My precious four-year-old refers to this time as Coronavirus Time. To her it’s a happy time with lots of snuggles and baking. Even when my Uncle died of Covid-19 last month, I don’t think the dots connected for her. And I’m OK with that. Frankly, I don’t think the...
by Danielle | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
When Sommer and Steve Gunia left Arizona on January 16 and traveled across the world to Tokyo to board the fated Diamond Princess cruise on January 20, they had never even heard of the Novel Coronavirus that was already sweeping across China. Sommer is a doctor (and...
