Warm air.
Warm ocean.
A heart warmer still.
South wind lifts
the green flags
and sends the green flies
back toward the dunes.
At low tide,
the sea gives back
a sandbar.
Children ride the small waves
on boogie boards.
A lifeguard whistles.
Behind me,
the water boy rings his bells.
Suntan lotion.
Salt.
Warm skin.
Silver fish flicker
beneath the surface.
Dolphins rise,
then disappear
where blue meets blue.
Gulls circle overhead,
drift down to the sand,
then test the open bags
left unguarded.
I read a few pages
before the book closes
in my lap.
The waves come in,
go out,
come in again.
Without noticing,
my breath follows.
Ujjayi.
The ocean
the only medicine
I need.
Blue sky.
Bluer water.
White clouds.
Orange sun.
Warmth on my shoulders.
Wind against my skin.
Late August
asks almost nothing of me.
Just stay.
I cannot reach
the horizon. No one can.
The closer we move toward it,
the farther it moves away.
Maybe some things
are meant to stay
just beyond us.
I cannot see
what the gulls see
from above.
I do not know
where the shoreline bends
or what waits beyond it.
So today,
I let the ocean
keep some things from me.
I let the gulls
keep their view.
And I stay here,
trusting
what I cannot see.
❤ KB
Published by KB
This is my attempt to resuscitate a blog I started in 2019. Then COVID hit, life shifted, and I quietly drifted away from it. But now, I'm excited to revisit SBAR and see what it might become.
Think of this space as a comfortable virtual lounge where we can gather, reflect, and informally share our stories. I, like many of you, wear many hats, and I'd love to learn about the ones you're wearing. Which hats are your favorites? Which ones have served their purpose and can respectfully be taken off?
My nursing career of over 15 years often felt like climbing ladders...clinical ladders, academic ladders, professional ladders. In 2020, I stepped into my first APN role, and since then, my path has taken me in many directions, sometimes feeling less like a climb and more like wandering along the edge of a cliff.
Just when I was ready to give up, let go of my per diem positions, and stop searching for the elusive "right fit," something unexpected happened. A new opportunity found me. I'm now stepping into the world of clinical research, and for the first time in a long time, I feel like I may have found my work home.
Outside of healthcare, I am also a yoga instructor (forever student), a wife and mother, a traveler, and most recently, a writer...
I'd love to connect with like-minded people and share our experiences beneath the many hats we wear. Maybe, together, we can find the courage to occasionally take a few of them off, set them beside us for a while, and get reacquainted with the person underneath.
With gratitude,
KB
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