Finding Hope

I'm Rach Born in the 90s. But love the 70s.College was a crazy decision. I live in the 3rd most boring city in America. Find me: @littlebohs TS rep tour 8/10 -ATL

[dyerandjenkins]

We hope everyone has the most relaxing of Sunday’s! Photo: @samdavidsmith #forgeyourownpath

[itsjustcommon]

“The more like Christ you are, the more the world will treat you like they treated Christ. Maybe you don’t get much persecution because there’s not much similarity.“

John MacArthur

[hashabnah]

I wanna be close to You, God. So close that whenever I tend to walk away that my heart just keeps calling Your name and I run back into Your arms.

[1-burstofcolor]

how do you deal with your family who thinks they're looking out for you but really they're trying to control your life.

Totally sucks.

[bnmxfld]

[prinsomnia]

chillin’ 🌿✨

[thoughtfulintrovert]

#TBT to being basic white girls. Ps you look really blonde and overall fantastic in general – you’re welcome @littlebohs #ssll 💜

[thoughtfulintrovert]

@1-burstofcolor

[1-burstofcolor]

i love you so much. miss you. 

[lovethi5]

me, a legal adult: when i grow up,

[infiniety]

[randomsplashes]

this is 100% true adsadjfalds i feel so attacked rn (x)

[heryearnings]

joenasays

[1-burstofcolor]

tomorrow is my 23rd birthday. Advice?

[happiersuggestion]

there are people you haven’t met yet who will love you

[lovequotespost]

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

remember the last time you thought to yourself, this is the best day of my life? you will have days like that again. days where you’re calm and radiating light, where your heart is full of love, where you feel like you will be just fine, despite everything you had to go through. on days like that you’ll know the truth, not the lies that your negative emotions tell you. I hope you have a day like that soon.

[thoughtfulintrovert]

She’s spoiled rotten

[1-burstofcolor]

<3

[pervocracy]

child handling for the childless nurse

My current job has me working with children, which is kind of a weird shock after years in environments where a “young” patient is 40 years old.  Here’s my impressions so far:

Birth - 1 year: Essentially a small cute animal.  Handle accordingly; gently and affectionately, but relying heavily on the caregivers and with no real expectation of cooperation.

Age 1 - 2: Hates you.  Hates you so much.  You can smile, you can coo, you can attempt to soothe; they hate you anyway, because you’re a stranger and you’re scary and you’re touching them.  There’s no winning this so just get it over with as quickly and non-traumatically as possible.

Age 3 - 5: Nervous around medical things, but possible to soothe.  Easily upset, but also easily distracted from the thing that upset them.  Smartphone cartoons and “who wants a sticker?!!?!?” are key management techniques.

Age 6 - 10: Really cool, actually.  I did not realize kids were this cool.  Around this age they tend to be fairly outgoing, and super curious and eager to learn.  Absolutely do not babytalk; instead, flatter them with how grown-up they are, teach them some Fun Gross Medical Facts, and introduce potentially frightening experiences with “hey, you want to see something really cool?”

Age 11 - 14: Extremely variable.  Can be very childish or very mature, or rapidly switch from one mode to the other.  At this point you can almost treat them as an adult, just… a really sensitive and unpredictable adult.  Do not, under any circumstances, offer stickers.  (But they might grab one out of the bin anyway.)

Age 15 - 18: Basically an adult with severely limited life experience.  Treat as an adult who needs a little extra education with their care.  Keep parents out of the room as much as possible, unless the kid wants them there.  At this point you can go ahead and offer stickers again, because they’ll probably think it’s funny.  And they’ll want one.  Deep down, everyone wants a sticker.

[mikkeneko]

This is also a pretty excellent guide to writing  kids of various ages