A Conference Sponsored by
The Unitarian Universalist Multiracial Unity Action Council
Saturday, May 22, 2021 – from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central Time, 8 am to 1:30 pm Pacific Time
A virtual event, for UUMUAC members and other UUs,
held using Zoom technology
I am currently a nurse with Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center. I have been a nurse for seven years and at Fircrest for two years. My life long passion has been to work with people with intellectual and physical disabilities.
I began this work when I was in college when I started to work at group homes to earn money for school. I then worked for 11 years as a special education teacher for students with significant medical needs and saw how much the nurses were able to assist them in feeling better and even prolonging their lives. Late in my teaching career I had a student in hospice care and saw the wonderful care the nurse provided her and her family, and this was the final inspiration that made me change to nursing.
A memorable moment of the past year was when one of my clients with multiple medical needs was diagnosed with COVID. It was amazing to see the whole team jump into gear to do everything we could to keep him comfortable and safe. I could see the worry of not only his biological family but his family of roommates and caregivers as well. He had to be hospitalized, but survived the ordeal. I will always remember the relief and joy that everyone had when he was able to return home.
The nursing field has always had to struggle to get and keep people in the field. I think that one of the things that people don’t realize about nursing is that you don’t have to work in a hospital if you don’t want to and that you can work in environments that are not all blood and gore. There are so many different specialties and things to learn within the field that you can keep yourself challenged for a whole career.
Amy Robertson
WUUC offers numerous opportunities to get to know one another, delve more deeply into spiritual topics or just gather for song or conversation. If you’re seeking connections, the first place to try is here.
JUUstice Washington is looking for someone who’d like to put their justice passions to work in support of our organization. We connect UUs in Washington state and beyond with opportunities big and small for action on justice issues.
This is an administrative support position, with opportunities for advancement.
Find the job description here.
For questions, contact Sharon Varosh, administrator, JUUstice Washington, office@juustwa.org
Upon reflection, this month’s theme of “Becoming” seems particularly appropriate to the times we live in.
For the past year, we have been in quarantine, isolated in a way that most of us have never experienced before. As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more and more widely available, we are beginning to consider what our post-quarantine life will look like.
During this in between and planning time, it seems a fitting time to reflect on who we have become and are becoming due to this massive shake-up in our lives. How have we changed? What lessons have we learned? Who am I becoming? And who are we becoming together?
My hope is that we have all found blessings and things to be grateful for in this pandemic time, and that we can hold on to those gifts as we move forward together and figure out our new normal. Rather than trying to go back to the way things were, what would it be like to reimagine our lives to incorporate those gifts and lessons into our lives going forward? Instead of falling back into old patterns, perhaps we can dream up new ways of being together, supporting each other, learning together and worshiping with one another. Who and what do we want to become at this moment in time?
I think right now we have a wonderful opportunity to begin again in love. I hope you will join me in imagining what that might look like.
Peace,
Bridget