Morning sickness

yet to be reached, the freedom to choose also helps advance this cause. As my own mother likes to remind me on every Mother’s Day, a pregnancy is taxing and difficult on the mother. It causes many distressing changes to a woman’s body such as morning sickness, cramping, and drains her of all her energy. There is nothing comparable that is demanded of men so it is unimaginable to insist that a woman must give birth to a child if she does not want to. Otherwise they stop being human beings and…

In July 1942, Australian soldiers fought in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Over 600 were killed and a total of 1680 soldiers wounded whilst fighting against Japan along the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea. The Kokoda is possibly the most important battle remembered within Australia. The Australian soldiers were significantly challenged by the conditions faced throughout the Kokoda campaign. Climate wise, the Kokoda was a dreadful canopy of thick vegetation, searing with heat and…

You hear reports of death and destruction all over the country, and all you can think is that you hope LA is okay. Even after reports of people dead in their cars, you imagine Rodeo Drive the same as it ever was, untouched by nasty things like war, sickness, and death. How could a place a beautiful as Hollywood ever be destroyed? No one messes with LA, you say, and your father won't look you in the…

exemplifies the beauty of the book, saying, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter--to-morrow we will run faster, stretch our arms farther...and one fine morning--” (180). In saying so, Fitzgerald achieves this idea of beauty in creating hope after Gatsby’s death, and providing the reader with a way to reflect on the struggle of love and the overwhelming sense of determination that is hope. He expands…

She denies a history of alcohol or drug abuse. M.J. admits to being pregnant since using a home pregnancy test. M.J. states that she may be 12 weeks pregnant and denies having any prenatal testing. History of present illness, M.J. called this morning and needed to be seen, she was advised to go the ER, which she refused. M.J. was interviewed today and complains that she began to notice a small amount of blood for one week.…

Nursing started from a Christian world view. “Worldview governs our day to day way of living” (Shelly and Miller, 2006). World view involves the mind, a commitment, and a matter of the soul. What is Prime Reality? God created the universe. He is the most holy and powerful God; none could be compared as thy God. God is infinite, sovereign God. He has the attributes of a personhood, God is three persons, father, son, and the Holy Spirit. What is the Nature of the World? The universe is created…

As a child, I generally had very few worries. My family moved around a bit when I was younger, but other than that, I led a relatively carefree life. I remember mostly, throughout elementary and middle school, playing out in the snow in the cold Minnesota winters or biking to Dairy Queen in the humid summers. I would play with my friends in the woods outside my backyard or visit my great-grandparents in Utah in the summer. I was a cheery and energetic child, though I do remember from a very…

As children we all have vague memories; some unable to distinguish from real or a dream you once had. Regardless of how much I remember or what I choose to remember, it still happened. The beginning of 1995, my parents recently married with two sons, josh about to turn 2 and Scott about to enter high school. By the end of the year my family would move back to New Mexico for the delivery of their baby girl. During my mother’s second pregnancy she was experiencing some complications. Worried, my…

The snaps and cracks of bone dry branches echo through the twisted wood as the young boy attempted to escape from his pursuer. The child darted between the gnarled oaks and continued to sprint for his life. Each of his useless weapons had been abandoned long before this moment, however the boy longed for the slight protecting his father’s dull sword would offer him. The labored breaths of the exhausted child grew louder as the unseen beast drew nearer. He continued to sprint until, in the…

difficult were: putting on make-up, tying my left shoe, focusing on the television, walking downstairs, focusing on a PowerPoint in class, and riding in a car. Riding in a car was the most difficult. Before the experiment I have been prone to motion sickness. After wearing the eye patch for just three hours, my equilibrium and sensory nerves had started to change, thus making my experience riding in a car unpleasant and nauseating,…