One Year Later...

The Lord truly does work in mysterious ways!  

Exactly one year ago today, November 3, 2022,

 I was fired from Houston Methodist Hospital for refusing to take the Covid 19 vaccine.  My 31 year nursing career ended.  Ended not on my terms but the terms of a tyrannical mandate.  

I spent that November and December embracing the time off and trying to make the holidays magical for my family.  I was thankful for that time off to decompress and to mentally deal with being fired for no wrong doing.

As 2023 started, I began to apply for (non-nursing) jobs.  And the more jobs I applied for, the more I was rejected.  It seemed no one wanted an educated older woman to work for them.  I became depressed, angry, and anxious about taking care of my family.  Doug stepped up and began to work more.  

It was tough, but God always met our needs.

Here we are again at November 3rd.  

Today I had an interview with Wharton County Junior College for a position as an instructor for vocational nursing.  

I was hired on the spot.  

Did you read that?  

Exactly one year from my firing, 

I was hired again!

To be truthful, I never wanted to go back to any kind of nursing after getting fired.  

I'm still very salty about the whole ordeal!  

But I'm very excited about the future and teaching the next generation of nurses.  I want to help them become strong, critical thinkers who are firm in their beliefs...

and willing to walk away if they are asked to violate their conscience.

Because I believe that the character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.