Alice Reybitz:  

Life I am not married any longer..20 years was enough...LOL. It's complicated but what relationship isn't? We have three children. Arianna is in Nursing School. Graham is at number 8 in his class at at the Criminal Justice Academy and was admitted into the National Honor Society and Who's Who for High School. He is headed to University of Southern Florida this summer on full scholarship!! Konrad Jr. is 13 and trying to find his niche!! Greg, my oldest son is 28, married to the love of his life and working at hhGregg in Mechanicsburg. We live in FL. NO SNOW!!! I got my RN on July 4, 2006. I was a charge nurse on the ortho/neuro unit one month later. I disagreed with management that the world was not flat and am now teaching Medical Billing Coding online and HIT in person at another school. I am also at American Vascular Access doing coding and setting up the EHR. And in other news I am reevaluating my life, my choices, my decisions, my future. I don't know if it only happens when you are turning 50 or if you were too busy getting older to really pay attention. But I will tell you. I love me, I like who I am, I may not always get it right, but I will stumble through the best way I know how. I have a huge capacity to care about those I consider part of my circle. I may get angry and lash out occassionally, especially when I don't understand, but I can think through a lot of things and eventually came back to my peaceful state. I have never been able to love someone and then not love them. Beleive me, I wish I had that ability, but I don't. So I have to find that peace and whatever gets me there. My first husband said this was my religion, "The Church of the Shiny Rocks." He had said it in a derogitory sense, but I turned it around to something positive. I decided he was right!! I take all the things I like from the world religions I have studied, the behaviors of people I have seen, and things I have read or heard in lectures and symposiums, and adapted what I liked and tossed the rest. I also have a long memory. Maybe the edges of the story get fuzzy, but the general overall feeling is still there. I am reading now how students I went to college with are dying of cancer or getting other diseases that were only supposed to happen to other people. Students from my high school class having strokes and heart failure....life is pretty short! I guess you all know that, but just the fact that you have the possibility of dying should make us want to treat each other differently. I had to learn the lesson, I also have to keep in mind, just as you all do, your happiness is important too. You can't shove that aside for anothers, you can only hope that it's what is wanted by all involved. And if it's not? What have you lost? Nothing, as long as you remain true to yourself! I always wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were right. It just took me 30 years to get it done!! Better late than never!! Maybe law school next!!! My Bucket List To be honest, Seth Proffitt started this. I just really liked it!! This is what I have done: Slept under the stars with no tent or sleeping bag, felt the morning dew on me as I awakened. Saw the Milky Way from the top of Vale Pass in CO, OMG you have never seen stars 'til you see them here! Saw Niagra Falls Saw the pyramids in Central America Climbed the Pyramids in Central America Swam in the ocean Got lost in NYC Watched someone die, very powerful experience Delivered my own son Drove across the country Got an audience reaction during a theatrical performance Found a strength I did not know I had Seen the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Flew in a plane Flew in a helicopter Saw myself in someone elses eyes, if only breifly Got the chance to see the movie ending, in my life Stepped into a fairy tale, if only briefly Cruised to the Equator Seen Mexico SCUBA dived Seen Canada Had my heart broken Had my heart mended Hiked in the Sierra Nevadas Hiked in the Rockies Hiked in the Appalachians Camped in the snow Hiked through Kuai, Hawaii Cross country skied through Vermont, camping out the whole week. Summered in Maine Wintered in Florida Saw Pike's Peak Made my own Soap Made my own candles Sewed my own clothes Butchered my own meat Grew my own vegetables Baked my own bread Made my own jelly Sailed in a sailboat 60 miles off the coast Worked two government jobs at the same time Worked with the FBI Filed court papers as a lay person, that were accepted and a "Motion to Dismiss" was rendered shortly after that! Questioned my motives Stood in the rain until I felt I was part of it Cried myself to sleep Felt very small Felt like I could conquer anything Felt very weak Felt very strong Felt extremely BLESSED!!! Stared at a flower Watched the sun rise, followed it's route across the sky, and watched it set all in the same day Watched the sun rise on the east coast and set on the west coast, all on the same day Danced in public with only the music in my head Buried a treasure Discovered a treasure Wrote a heartfelt letter to a complete stranger and got a response Got the audience to feel my pain during a performance Learned that LIVING is so much more and so much better than SURVIVING!! I am surrounded by certain names, Konrad (husband, son) Conrad (father, brother, grandfather) I am surrounded by Aries (first husband, second husband, special relationship, and another crush) (All of their birthdays a week apart!!) The date on my official nursing license from the state of Florida is July 4, 2006 (YES, the holiday!!) The date I grad...Expand for more