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Saturday, December 24, 2005
Whatever...
This is what the website says...who knows?
Rahma and Raheema
today i attended the birth of a friend's twins today. i wasn't actually allowed in the delivery room. it was a c-sec, in fact they told me i wouldn't be allowed in recovery either, in fact, they said i should leave the hospital and come back in three hours and MAYBE i could see her. unbelievable. two hours later momma called me from recovery and told me to come and find her that she needed help latching on the baby, etc. all in all, it wasn't so bad but i wonder why anyone in their right mind would choose a hospital birth. it's such a rotten place to have a baby and become a family.
when i was waiting in triage with the momma, another momma came in. there was only a thin piece of material separating us and we could hear everything. the nurse asked her a question and it was clear that the woman didn't speak english. the nurse proceeded to tell her that she needed to speak english if she wanted to be in this country and THEN asked her to move over on the cot and when she didn't she told her that she'd just have to move her and it'll hurt because she didn't understand english. yikes. i couldn't believe it. this is one of the most diverse hospitals and parts of the country. what was this nurse thinking?
when i was waiting in triage with the momma, another momma came in. there was only a thin piece of material separating us and we could hear everything. the nurse asked her a question and it was clear that the woman didn't speak english. the nurse proceeded to tell her that she needed to speak english if she wanted to be in this country and THEN asked her to move over on the cot and when she didn't she told her that she'd just have to move her and it'll hurt because she didn't understand english. yikes. i couldn't believe it. this is one of the most diverse hospitals and parts of the country. what was this nurse thinking?
Monday, December 12, 2005
A Poem by Me
Circumstance
He stands at the top of the stairs
Beckoned by her call to do this one thing
He does
He wants and she says oh, no
See it's not the right time or the right place and
It's me, honey
Don't worry all's well don't look too closely
To know that
It's more than time and location
The truth hurts
The veil covering her face is thin
She sees clearly while
It shelters her from harm
She's invisible and free
But alone
By me
He stands at the top of the stairs
Beckoned by her call to do this one thing
He does
He wants and she says oh, no
See it's not the right time or the right place and
It's me, honey
Don't worry all's well don't look too closely
To know that
It's more than time and location
The truth hurts
The veil covering her face is thin
She sees clearly while
It shelters her from harm
She's invisible and free
But alone
By me
Moving to Buffalo
On Friday, Paul excepted a job offer in Lancaster, NY. He quit his job at the EPA. He is starting work in Bflo on Jan 9th. I'm excited and shocked that I'm leaving northern virginia to move back north to Bflo. My feelings fluxuate from sheer happiness, God knows we need a change, to nervous anxiety. This has been a trying year on our family. It will be so nice to start fresh. I'm looking forward to being near family and NOT just my immediate family, though my parents aren't getting any younger, but all my cousins and second cousins and aunts and uncles. I haven't lived within a days drive of any family members in nearly 20 years. It's exciting and daunting.
Now we must go about the process of moving. Paul will start work in January and I'll be single-moming it here for a few months. Initially, I though it best to simply finish the school year and then move until I realized that the elementary schools were K-4 schools, which meant Erin, my middle child who just stopped crying at school, would be on her own next year with big sister Rachel in Middle School. I'm quite nervous about the school situation. We're leaving such a great school system and the best elementary school in the country and I'm not sure what we're in for in Western NY.
Now we must go about the process of moving. Paul will start work in January and I'll be single-moming it here for a few months. Initially, I though it best to simply finish the school year and then move until I realized that the elementary schools were K-4 schools, which meant Erin, my middle child who just stopped crying at school, would be on her own next year with big sister Rachel in Middle School. I'm quite nervous about the school situation. We're leaving such a great school system and the best elementary school in the country and I'm not sure what we're in for in Western NY.
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