Experiencing the miracle of life...

This morning I came home extatic after a wonderful night shift at the labor ward. The birth of a baby is truly one of the most wonderful miracles in life! It never ceases to amaze me. God is a wonderful Creator.

Last night I got to experience one of those "wow-moments"... I got to deliver my first baby! I've assisted many times, but this time I was playing the main part while the mid wife assisted me and guided me through the delivery. WOW, it was so... WOW! That was not all! What made this night even more special is that I got to assist in a very special delivery :) Friends of mine were having their first baby! Going through that experience with them was really special. I was honored to be there when their first-born entered this world. Tears of joy and happines and the sound of a newborn baby crying... It was just beautiful!

Congratulations to my friends! May God bless your beautiful baby!!!

Death isn't sad...

"Death isn't sad. The sad thing is: most people don't live at all."

Just a quote that really caught my ear from the movie "Peaceful Warrior". Have you ever given that a thought... are you really LIVING? Or is life just passing you by?

That movie had a lot of good points like that quote. It reminded me how easy it is to just let the moment pass me by instead of making the most of it... whatever it is, because "there is never nothing going on" and there is no ordinary moment, because in that moment, that's actually your life :) Living in the here and now is such a cliché, but it is what I know I need to do to really enjoy life. I tend to dwell on the past and worry about the future... and that can ruin "the NOW" and when you think about it "NOW" is my life...

Well, that was my philosophy for the day.... or maybe month... haha!

Anyways, have a great rest of the weekend! And don't forget to take in the moment and enjoy LIVING!

Plans for the summer

It's May already and summer is just around the corner! It's hard to believe how fast this school year has passed! It's been a great! Haven't taken much time to blog at all... sorry about that.

Right now I am busy trying to figure out the summer. I am hoping to go somewhere to do voluntary medical work... Hopefully it'll all work out in the end :) I'm just waiting for a reply... If it all goes well, I'll be spending 2 months somewhere in Africa this summer!

But... until I know for sure I guess I'll just chill out ;)