I refocus and reach to lower her to the floor. I prepare to start compressions on my mom. Just before I lift her, she takes another shallow breath.
Life and Death: A Different Sort Of Birthday
Author: Tripp
My name is Tripp. I am the father of two amazing children, who live with their amazing mother and her esteemed husband about nine hours north of me. I am a musician, and have self-released three albums over the last seventeen years. I am a registered nurse who specializes in trauma and intravenous access. My co-workers are a diverse and wonderful group. My job affords me the distinct and welcomed privilege of accompanying my fellow human beings through some of the most trying times of their lives. I have personally experienced a miraculous shift from a loathing and questioning of life to a passionate love and adoration of it, and I am committed to causing that shift within the lives of those around me. Cheers.
When The Shit Goes Down
Every time the shit has gone down in my life...I decided that I should just get used to the mediocrity...And yet, here I am.
Poop And Love, Entry 4: I. Am. Iron Man. (Success!!!!!!!)
Let me tell you a secret about experiencing the miraculous in life: Declare a goal, something big, something that scares the shit out of you, and then commit to deliver on it, even if you have no idea how you're going to do it.
About A Breakup, Part 3 of 5: The Atom Bomb
Because somewhere in the distant past, I sold myself on the belief that there's not a tragedy in this life that will make me give in. You have to decide that sort of thing BEFORE tragedy strikes.
About A Breakup, Part 2 of 5: Courage (The Cold War)
We human beings will go to great lengths to avoid making powerful decisions out of fear of the aftermath, even if what's on the other side has the potential to be absolutely liberating.
About A Breakup, Part 1 of 5: Code Angst (An Introduction)
If it SHOULD HAVE occurred a different way, it WOULD HAVE. Just because the end result isn't what we planned doesn't nullify the whole experience or make it any less meaningful.
A Quick And Dirty Guide To Happiness
But once you declare [what you want], oh s#*t. It's on. Are you shaking in your boots, yet? You should be.
Poop And Love, Entry 3: Project Iron Man
Jump on it. Start something. AND FINISH IT. If one of the three smallest kids in my class throughout grade school WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS BODY WEIGHT can do it, so can you. Cheers.
Taking A Cold, Hard Beating In Life
. . .he saw something within me that I didn't see within myself, and he knew he would be doing me a great disservice by letting me throw in the towel.
First Album Release and the Quest For Perfection (Which Is BS, By The Way)
True, passionate, amazing life isn’t for the polished, the refined, the flawless. It’s for getting dirty, making mistakes, and loving yourself and those around you all the more for it.
The Impossibility Movement 