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I had the opportunity to take a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks trip a few weeks ago back to Highlands, then to Valdosta, GA & on to Atlanta. I hadn't been back to Highlands since we moved the end of Sept. 2011. It was great spending time with my Mom but, it was also a bitter sweet time because it was my first time back at home since my Dad past away this past Jan. Going to a Dental Conference to receive many CE credits in Atlanta is always fun. I learn a lot of information & I have so much fun being with Dr. Dyer's office. Along the way I got to visit with many wonderful friends & go to a wonderful Women's Retreat.
I had the opportunity to take a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks trip a few weeks ago back to Highlands, then to Valdosta, GA & on to Atlanta. I hadn't been back to Highlands since we moved the end of Sept. 2011. It was great spending time with my Mom but, it was also a bitter sweet time because it was my first time back at home since my Dad past away this past Jan. Going to a Dental Conference to receive many CE credits in Atlanta is always fun. I learn a lot of information & I have so much fun being with Dr. Dyer's office. Along the way I got to visit with many wonderful friends & go to a wonderful Women's Retreat.
While in Valdosta I got to visit with one of my dearest friends named Gaye. We went out to lunch in her new Jaguar. Boy, did I give her a lot grief about that. After talking about the families & all our girlie stuff, I began to talk about the woes of taking the Dental Hygiene Boards, again. The bottom line of that conversation, was the Lord was with me through the NC boards, He will be with me through the AR boards.
Then I began telling her after the joy of passing the boards, I now get to pay over a $1000 to take a course for a week about Dental Hygiene Local Anesthesia. In other words, I've got to learn how to give shots!!! Not only do I have to learn how to give a shot, I get to be a guinea pig for someone else for five days for them to practice on. :( :( :(
Now, the Dentist & Hygienist over here love doing this. I am the person who HATES shots with a purple passion. I have hated them since I was a very small child. I can't even watch someone else on TV with a knife or an animal attacking another animal on the Discovery Channel. I can dig in your mouth & get all that gunk out, but forget a shot.
As I was telling Gaye all this we started dieing laughing. The more expressive I got, the more we laughed. About the end of this conversation, it was time for us to depart. We were still sitting in her car, talking of course, next to my car. Gaye then came up with this great idea. "Ann, just think of those mouths as being a chicken. As you are giving those shots, you are marinating a chicken. Just imagine that medicine spreading out like marinade all through the mouth." By this time we were roaring with laughter. Laughing tears were flowing down my cheeks. You know, one of those belly laughs. In fact, I am laughing all over again while writing this story.
Well, I must admit, that if I ever take the course I might kill over laughing with the shot in my hand & never make it to the patients mouth. At this point in my journey in preparing to take the AR Dental Hygiene Boards, I don't have a patient & my board is Apr 28th. That seems like a long time away, but really I have about 1 1/2 weeks to find a patient or maybe I need to withdraw from the exam & give up practicing DH.. If I don't get my license, then I don't have to take the course. Hey!! :)
Some anchor concepts of faith that I have really hung onto are: that God is good no matter what; He loves me & He wants the best for me & my family; & He is faithful no matter what. He hasn't failed me, & I haven't failed myself through this process. If I take the board or not, if I pass or not; He is still a good Father. Again, these concepts keep me grounded in my life. Other faith steps through this journey have been clinging to the verses that God has given me; not giving up; studying for the course before I pass the boards (I have to pass the boards to take the course).
Well back to the marinade, shots or no shots, God wants to marinade me in His Word & in His goodness everyday. Don't you love that?! Also, don't you love dear friends that help you keep life in perspective?! I do.
ann :)
Then I began telling her after the joy of passing the boards, I now get to pay over a $1000 to take a course for a week about Dental Hygiene Local Anesthesia. In other words, I've got to learn how to give shots!!! Not only do I have to learn how to give a shot, I get to be a guinea pig for someone else for five days for them to practice on. :( :( :(
Now, the Dentist & Hygienist over here love doing this. I am the person who HATES shots with a purple passion. I have hated them since I was a very small child. I can't even watch someone else on TV with a knife or an animal attacking another animal on the Discovery Channel. I can dig in your mouth & get all that gunk out, but forget a shot.
As I was telling Gaye all this we started dieing laughing. The more expressive I got, the more we laughed. About the end of this conversation, it was time for us to depart. We were still sitting in her car, talking of course, next to my car. Gaye then came up with this great idea. "Ann, just think of those mouths as being a chicken. As you are giving those shots, you are marinating a chicken. Just imagine that medicine spreading out like marinade all through the mouth." By this time we were roaring with laughter. Laughing tears were flowing down my cheeks. You know, one of those belly laughs. In fact, I am laughing all over again while writing this story.
Well, I must admit, that if I ever take the course I might kill over laughing with the shot in my hand & never make it to the patients mouth. At this point in my journey in preparing to take the AR Dental Hygiene Boards, I don't have a patient & my board is Apr 28th. That seems like a long time away, but really I have about 1 1/2 weeks to find a patient or maybe I need to withdraw from the exam & give up practicing DH.. If I don't get my license, then I don't have to take the course. Hey!! :)
Some anchor concepts of faith that I have really hung onto are: that God is good no matter what; He loves me & He wants the best for me & my family; & He is faithful no matter what. He hasn't failed me, & I haven't failed myself through this process. If I take the board or not, if I pass or not; He is still a good Father. Again, these concepts keep me grounded in my life. Other faith steps through this journey have been clinging to the verses that God has given me; not giving up; studying for the course before I pass the boards (I have to pass the boards to take the course).
Well back to the marinade, shots or no shots, God wants to marinade me in His Word & in His goodness everyday. Don't you love that?! Also, don't you love dear friends that help you keep life in perspective?! I do.
ann :)
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