Mystery author of “Rainbow Bridge” comes forward.

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Nursing home staffing crisis: Omicron worsens pressure on workers

In the eight years she has worked at nursing homes, LaToya Francis, 34, has been yelled at, kicked at and had feces thrown at her for little more than the minimum wage. She endured it because she loved being a certified nursing assistant, she said.But she’s not sure she can hold out much longer.As the omicron variant of the coronavirus drives record staff shortages at nursing homes nationwide, Francis has increasingly found herself alone on her 12-hour overnight shifts at Bridgepoint Healthcare’s skilled nursing facility in Southwest Washington, fighting off panic attacks as she tries to feed, clean and rotate more bed-bound residents than she can handle. Some nights, she retreats to a corner of the facility, where she calls her partner and sobs. Other nights, all she can feel is anger.

Source: Nursing home staffing crisis: Omicron worsens pressure on workers – The Washington Post

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A Home Again

A shell,
much like a human heart,
will change over time,
growing in size
and even its capacity
to hold different inhabitants.
And sometimes
even the whole ones,
and the beautiful ones,
and the perfectly useful ones,
find themselves
empty and discarded.
And so,
I throw them back into the waters,
always,
with a wish and a prayer,
almost an incantation, really,
because of the number of times
I’ve done this ritual from the shoreline,
in the hopes that some being
will one day see it for what it is,
know just how to get inside,
and by doing so,
will make this empty vessel
a home again.

Author and Photographer: Susan McLean “A Home Again”

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RIP Justice Ginsberg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed the way the world is for American women. For more than a decade, until her first judicial appointment in 1980, she led the fight in the courts for gender equality. When she began her legal crusade, women were treated, by law, differently from men. Hundreds of state and federal laws restricted what women could do, barring them from jobs, rights and even from jury service. By the time she donned judicial robes, however, Ginsburg had worked a revolution. -NPR

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Reach for better

She said the pandemic is also an opportunity to “decide how you want to show up in the new world. Because it will be a new world.”

She said her greatest hope is that people reach for normal, “that we reach for better”.

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CVS Is Reportedly a Major Donor to Trump’s 2020 Campaign

The hashtag #BoycottCVS began trending on Thursday following news the company plans to cut reimbursements for women who receive birth control through the mail, which led to swift condemnations from groups like NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Source: CVS Is Reportedly a Major Donor to Trump’s 2020 Campaign

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Acceptance of Imperfection

Today I asked my body what she needed,
Which is a big deal
Considering my journey of
Not Really Asking That Much.

I thought she might need more water.
Or protein.
Or greens.
Or yoga.
Or supplements.
Or movement.

But as I stood in the shower
Reflecting on her stretch marks,
Her roundness where I would like flatness,
Her softness where I would like firmness,
All those conditioned wishes
That form a bundle of
Never-Quite-Right-Ness,
She whispered very gently:

Could you just love me like this?

Author: Hollie Holden

Nabbed from Facebook page- Wild Woman Sisterhood

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