Monday, June 19, 2017

From Where My Blessings Flow

I sit atop UT Medical center, 12th floor, its highest, overlooking The Great Tennessee River and The University of Tennessee.  I can pick out Neyland and the art building.  My daughter is sound asleep in her bed, the pole nearby all hard wired with boxes and boxes of technology to administer the magical mystery fluid. The nurse just walked in, Erin from Onita, country as Billy from the hills, her accent settles on me like mayonnaise on a tomato sandwich.  I love her automatically even though she woke my baby to take vitals she took just two hours ago.  She, like everything else, makes me feel like my daughter is in the very best place.   She leaves, my daughter turns over and is immediately back to sleep and all is quite as I sit and again begin to count my blessings.  

    

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