Nimue’s Diary

Sometimes you just have to sit back and think about how the various runes have affected your life.  Today I thought back on one of the most important Peorthian episodes in my life.

I don’t remember what year it was that Matt and I visited New Mexico for the first time.  We flew into Albuquerque for an ACLU conference.  With my first look at Sandia, I fell in love.  I’m sure my mouth hung open for hours.  My coming to New Mexico at that time was on the spur of the moment.  Matt was going to the conference as part of his work.  I decided to come along because I hadn’t seen New Mexico since a baby and I was curious.  So I took a chance and voila.  I looked at that mountain and felt an instant bond.  I’d never felt that way about a place before.  I knew I had to come back.  So Matt and I started talking about moving to Albuquerque.  But that was all it was - talk.  It mostly focused on when I retired which was years away.

I started looking into Traveling Nurses.  I filled out all the paperwork and even interviewed for a job in Albuquerque.  Thanks to a dare from my son, I was going to do it or was I.  I was so scared.  I might have chickened out.  After all I had been with RHGH 19 years.

Then fate took a hand - I had a terrible attack of Bell’s Palsy.  My whole right face was gone.  Nothing worked.  I thought I’d had a stroke.  When I thought back upon all the stress in my life, I was sure it was a stroke.  I really started thinking about getting out of Ohio.  But I had to make sure I’d be able to work.  After 6 weeks my face was still not normal and I had a difficult time being understood.  Only a small amount of dizziness but it was still there.  I finally went back to work.  There were some communication difficulties but I laughed them off with my patients and used them as a tool rather than a handicap.  I could work.

I got back to my Travel Nurses Agency.  The job in Albuquerque was gone.  All that remained was a job in Santa Fe.  I took it, grabbed my courage, Magick and off we went leaving Matt in Ohio to do his thing.  In about 6 months, he would join me.  The rest is history. We moved here leaving the house in Ohio empty.  I’ve found my nature soul here.  Whenever I have to leave even for a short visit back to Ohio, I feel so sad and return with tears of joy. 

So what does this have to do with Peorth?  Just about everything - Fate took me in hand, gave me a warning (Bell’s Palsy), and pushed me in the right direction.  Fate issued a challenge and for a change, I accepted it.  I could have ducked and wimped out for the rest of my life.  Instead, I’m in my beloved mountains. 

Peorth rolled the dice of chance and I bet on them.  I won!