Out of the door

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)

 

I always did love reading the Lord of the Rings.

Even as a awkward four-eyed kid I loved that a book could sweep me away on incredible adventures to unknown lands, unknown challenges, and unknown wonders. I craved it. I think in many ways,I still do and today marks the beginning of a new adventure that has Bilbo Baggins'wise old words ringing in my ears. I have found my self swept off to a place in my life that I never dreamed of. I have officially begun orientation as a Community Health Nurse with the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch in Manitoba and whn the 2 short weeks of orientation are finished here in Winnipeg, I will be climbing on one of Perimeter Air's finest aircraft, bound for Cross Lake Manitoba.

Working in Northern Manitoba? As a nurse? How the heck did I get here?!

Honestly, I'm not even sure I have an answer to that question, but I know it had something to do, at least in part, with stepping out (and I guess leaving the house was influential as well!).

In fact, answering that question and the hundreds more that are bound to arise over the next few months has a lot to do with why I am starting this blog. I want to invite you all, loved ones, strangers, friends, and bored web-site-browsers, to come along on this adventure with me and and several people have suggested that this would be a grand way to do just that. It gives me a place to process (always keeping confidentiality in tact of course!), to hear feedback, opinions and advice, and to stay connected with the wide world stretching beyond my door. 

 

So, please, come along for the ride, bring your wisdom, your encouragement, your prayers and your stories. I treasure them all!

Welcome to the adventure.