Nurse Audrey’s Stress Relief Blog

Dear readers:
Please pass this along to your father, husband and any other father you know that will enjoy it. 

Father’s Day is only a few days away and it is time for all of us to honor our fathers.

We should honor our fathers because:

• Of the important, but difficult role they have as leaders, providers, and caregivers in the home.
• They are often portrayed on TV sitcoms and in commercials as being weak, inadequate, or even dumb.
• Even in these busy, fast moving days, they often sacrifice energy and time to help sustain important family relationships.

Our fathers need our support, encouragement, and praise, and doing so will help them continue to be the kind of Dads we all want to love and appreciate.

I encourage you men to take your place as loving partners and fathers. Allow your softer side to show while you practice the strength and leadership you are meant to have.

My Father

When I was Four years old: My daddy can do anything.
When I was Five years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
When I was Six years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.
When I was Eight years old: My dad doesn’t know exactly everything.
When I was 10 years old: In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
When I was 12 years old: Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn’t know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.
When I was 14 years old: Don’t pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.
When I was 21 years old: Him? My Lord, he’s hopelessly out of date.
When I was 25 years old: Dad knows about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long.
When I was 30 years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he’s had a lot of experience.
When I was 35 years old: I’m not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
When I was 40 years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.
When I was 50 years old: I’d give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him.

By: Ann Landers

Until next time, this is “Nurse Audrey” signing off. 

Pleas’d to look forward, pleas’d to look behind. And count each birthday with a grateful mind –  Alexander Pope
                      
Whatever with the past has gone, the best is yet to come – Lucy Larcom

Another year has passed for me and today is my special day … the day that I celebrate the rest of my life. Each birthday can be like a new year, a time to celebrate achievements and lessons learned, and to look at the future filled with promise. 

Does it go as fast for you as it does for me? It just seems like yesterday that I was rocking my own babies, then I was rocking my grandchildren, and now they are too big to rock!

As I look back on my life, I see the growth from year to year. Sometimes I wonder why it took so long to get to where I am, but as we all know everything happens at the right time and for the right purpose. There are seasons of life, each one with its own special growth pattern. If we rush the seasons, we stunt our growth and the learning will need to be made later in our life.
So on this my birthday, I celebrate my life and look back at what I have accomplished in the past year. I will look at whether I have reached my goals—could I have done better? I will also look at my personal relationships. Have we grown closer? Did I reach out to those who needed a loving word or touch? Did I keep my heart and words right, being careful to not hurt others and apologizing and forgiving when needed? Did I take care of my body as I should with exercise and proper diet? Have I taken time to be with those who mean the most to me?
These are just some of the questions I am asking myself on this my special day.

As we can sometimes become depressed seeing the years go by, I have a few quotes to tickle your funny bone. 

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. – Lucile Ball

I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do. – Phyllis Diller

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. - Robert Frost

Until next time, this is “Nurse Audrey” signing off. 

Another year has passed and once again it is the day we honor our mothers.

While there are many ways we can honor her, here are some special things we can consider:

MOTHERS

• They gave us life
• Mothers need to be revered, honored, loved, cherished, esteemed, respected, obeyed, listened to, and treated nobly
• Mothers are cooks, maidens, chauffeurs, teachers, administrators, nurses, launderers, psychologists…
• If we pay her for what she’s worth most of us couldn’t afford her
• A study showed that she should earn $134, 000 a year
• A man will treat his wife the way he treated his mother
• She deserves our best; pray for her and love her unconditionally

                                              Charles Stanley

These are wise words indeed.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, and mothers-to-be 

Until next time, this is ‘Nurse Audrey’ signing off.