Welcome to an Amyable space for all! I'll be your nursing guide to creating a calm, cozy cushion to life's chaos and your coach to finding peace in the panic. Here are a few of my favorite quotes and verses that keep me inspired and help me make nurse-like connection and care with others!
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My all-time favorite quote... I think it is the cardiac nurse in me :)
1. If there are no ups and downs in your life -it means you are dead. Unknown
This was our family mantra in 2019 thanks to a scary cancer battle.
2. No matter how you feel get up, dress up, show up, and never give up! Unknown
This REALLY does work, trust me!
3. To whom much is given much is required.
Luke 12:48
4. Seek to serve instead of fix. Life isn't about your great accomplishments. It's about being a significant member of a greater community where we are all standing side-by-side doing our best to thrive. Marcia Reynolds
5. Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage not weakness. Katherine Henson
This is one of my favorite photos and was a perfect ending on how to raise empathetic teens - https://www.absolutelyamyable.com/post/5-simple-strategies-to-help-raise-empathetic-teens-from-a-nurse-s-perspective
6. 18 Summers - It's all we get. Make each one count. Unknown
7. My daddy is my hero, his example I will follow, my purpose and my calling, he will help me find. And when I face tomorrow, whatever it may hold, I will forever feel his presence and let my inner hero (Dad) shine! Amy Alford
8. Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed. Bob Riley
9. Greater love has no one than this; that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
10. A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. English Proverb
11. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory nobody can steal. Anonymous
12. A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeves
13. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
14. The best way out is always through. Robert Frost
15. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
16. They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
17. Being afraid of things going wrong isn't the way to make them right. Unknown
18. Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of the great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
2 Corinthians 20:15
19. Hero. Any common person, placed in uncommonly difficult circumstances, who displays uncommonly noble character. Unknown
20. The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14
21. My daughter is my hero, her strength and courage I admire, her purpose and her calling I will help her find. And when she faces struggles and isn't sure where to turn, I'll already be behind her helping her inner hero shine! Amy Alford
22. It is so much easier to be admired for the pretend version of us than to be truly loved up close for the hard, messy, broken person we might actually be. Mary Marantz
23. The love of a mother present or past is the glue God created to hold me until my last. Amy Alford
24. I do not need to know someone else's all. Instead, I take full responsibility for my all and pledge to give my all to others while being forever grateful to the one who paid my all. Amy Alford
25. Acknowledgment of the one greater who is our advocate, our antidote to shame and guilt, and our answer to every situation is the glue that turns your mess into a masterpiece. Amy Alford
26. Silence the shame and give voice to the hero inside of you. Others need it more than you know. Amy Alford
27. She believed she could so she did. Unknown
28. Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.
Gordon B Hinkley
29. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7
30. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much...
Luke 4:7
31.Above all love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins. I Peter 4:8
32. The path to peace has already been paved and the ultimate atonement has been paid. Let go of the hurt. Let go of the shame. Let go of the guilt. And then GO! Unlock the hero inside of you! Amy Alford
33. Words no longer matter when you sit together and let the tears flow. Tears are wells of words from the heart that often nourish another in hard times and in division. You never need to have all the words. Just hold their hand and care. Amy Alford
34. Pray for God to help you chase the things after His own heart, to fill those empty voids with His words, and you will find yourself needing less and less of the world's fillers and more and more empowered to share God's love with others! Amy Alford
35. Circle back around to the calling you've been avoiding for years, revisit those old sparks of passion and excitement. You have within you right now exactly what you need for great impact. Silence the doubt and GO! Amy Alford
36. Good things come to those who wait, better things come to those who don't give up, and the best things come to those who believe. Unknown
37. Your mama is always right here, wings now empty but spread wide open to a great big God whom I know will guide you on every flight in life you take. Amy Alford
38. Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain concert. Rather, in humility value other above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:2-5
39. God gave me my dream when he created you. Go conquer the world and never forget your mama bird sitting over here whispering to you - YOU are the ONE - chosen, called, purposed, protected, and full of courage.
Amy Alford
40. So I will sit on my perch high above, and watch you become the young man (or lady) I know you were called be. I will pray for your protection and provision. I will pray for curiosity and faith to grow inside of you to help create a happy space for all your days.
Amy Alford
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41. Success flows freely once you have the right coach, your head in the right game, and a rule book that is foolproof.
Amy Alford
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42. When we fall in love with God, our confusion settles, we let go of needing all the answers, and we look to Him as the complete source of strength. We stop rationalizing, interpreting, and reasoning with a God who already knows what is in our best interest.
Amy Alford
42. God is your target audience. Stay focused. Once you have purposed in your heart to love God with all your heart and to love your neighbor as yourself, then the extra expectations from people can be dropped and you can soon find freedom and clarity for life. What's most impressive to God is often least impressive to the world. Be happy with an audience of one. Amy Alford
43. And when the last second on the game clock passes, I hope we will be standing together. Blame free. And in awe of the ONE.
Amy Alford
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Inspiration when facing the loss of a grandparent.
44. And when in your presence I can no longer sit, I will remember the road map to my final shared location with you.
The map you helped me memorize and store for safekeeping.
I'll take it turn by turn with careful caution jut like you taught me.
And when the final lap for me has come, I'll give it one more go for good measure and then....
I'll see you there!
Amy Alford
A note form a Grandparent to a grandchild.
45. Grandchild, did you know?
You remind me of my youth. You remind of your mom or dad. I was young once and I hurt and struggled and I was old once and I hurt and struggled.
Go capture the world. Aim for the stars and go after every single dream. Impact this crazy world for good.
Whether I am here or in Heaven, I will always be right there on the front row cheering you on.
You are good enough. I am proud of you. You fill my lonely voids and make my life complete.
Amy Alford
46. Thank you, Lord, for my grandparents my safe place always and thank you, Lord, for my grandchildren my extra reason to lie today.
Amy Alford
47. Life after loss is... choosing to start over when you would rather not.
Christina Rasmussen
48. If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."
C.S. Lewis
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Silence the doubt and GO!
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