A little bit about me...

I was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Orangeville, Ontario. We lived in the beautiful hills of the Hockley Valley. To this day Orangeville is still considered my home!
Since I was six years old I had the dream of becoming a nurse. Throughout elementary school and highschool that dream never changed. My parents encouraged me to follow that dream...and the journey began. At fourteen years of age I started volunteering at a local nursing home. I did that for four years at which time I had a job there in housekeeping/laundry and then as a nurses aide. After the four years of volunteer work at this nursing home, I started volunteering at the hospital in Orangeville. I had the opportunity to volunteer in the emergency department as well as a patient escort. This was the highlight of all my volunteer experience! I did that till my last year of university..and to this day I still miss volunteering there, working with the many nurses and doctors and volunteers who helped me reach my dream! I owe them alot!
I started college in Florida for one semester and then tried to transfer back to Ontario. After half a year and after having help from HomeSchool Legal Defense Association I was accepted into the Bachelor of Nursing Program with the University of New Brunswick/Humber College. But that was not the end of my difficult journey to reach my dream. By the second year of nursing school I was diagnosed with a chronic illness that made school that much more difficult. I had surgery just before Christmas that year...and in the fourth year I was told by one doctor that I probably should slow down and finsih school a few months later then planned. But thanks to my school as well as a specialist who believed I could do it...I graduated in June 2007! This was such a happy time for me....but my dream was not quite completed yet.
I moved out to Ottawa, Ontaio to work as a Registered Nurse (Temporary) at the Ottawa General Hospital on a surgical floor. I wrote the RN exam on June 6, 2007 at the Algonquin College...and in late July I got the letter from the College of Nurses of Ontario stating that I had passed the exam! Now I felt that my dream had come true...I was finally a nurse!
To this I owe many people thanks for all that they had done....my parents who prayed and supported soooo much, my brothers and sisters who kept pushing me forward, my grandparents, aunts and uncles who kept praying....
And then there were those who I worked with that were so supportive...I will never forget the doctors and nurses in the emergency department in Orangeville who took every opportunity to help me learn...you guys were awesome! And then there was Barb, Bev, Carol, Beryle, and the many doctors who helped me through my last clinical in Ambulatory Care...the time you all took meant so much to me....thank you sooo much!
But most of all it was the Lord who helped me get to this point in my life. The Lord never gave up when I wanted to give up...instead He sent so many people along my path to encourage and pray for me! Thank you Lord for being my Shepherd!
As for the rest....adventures in Ottawa....I will keep you posted... :)