hospital Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/tag/hospital/ Musings on Mothering, Metamorphosis and More Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:17:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/lisapullenkent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-daisies-2485064_1920-1-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 hospital Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/tag/hospital/ 32 32 52246340 Just Breathe https://lisapullenkent.com/just-breathe/ https://lisapullenkent.com/just-breathe/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:47:33 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1217 Re-posted from March 6, 2014 “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.I am, I am, I am.” Sylvia Plath There’s a stillness that descends on the hospital late at night, softening the harshness … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/just-breathe/feed/ 0 1217 Through Grammy’s Eyes: A Birth Story https://lisapullenkent.com/through-grammys-eyes-a-birth-story/ https://lisapullenkent.com/through-grammys-eyes-a-birth-story/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 22:13:42 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1315 Every birth has a story, ripe for the telling, though the tale varies with the perspective of the teller. The closest view belongs to the mother; it is her body, after all, that houses the new life, she who evicts … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/through-grammys-eyes-a-birth-story/feed/ 4 1315 The Light Between Us https://lisapullenkent.com/the-light-between-us/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-light-between-us/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:42:25 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1237 One love, one blood, one life.You got to do what you should.One life with each other, Sisters and Brothers.One life, but we’re not the same. We get to carry each other, carry each other. One, U2 She doesn’t even know … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/the-light-between-us/feed/ 0 1237 The Long Haul https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:34:18 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1227 I’m washing up in a restroom at the Oklahoma City airport and for a moment I can’t place my location: hospital? hotel? restaurant? Elegant water faucets and gleaming granite countertops add to my sense of disorientation. I don’t even recognize … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/feed/ 2 1227 Give and Take https://lisapullenkent.com/give-and-take/ https://lisapullenkent.com/give-and-take/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:44:52 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=674   You are my love and my life. You are my inspiration. Just you and me. Simple and free. Baby, you’re everything I’ve ever dreamed of.  Just You And Me by Chicago   “Al, I need ice.” With a white … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/give-and-take/feed/ 0 674 The Essence of Her Presence https://lisapullenkent.com/the-essence-of-her-presence/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-essence-of-her-presence/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:31:24 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=44 She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies . . . Lord Byron (George Gordon) When I was 13 I sketched my mother’s profile in church.  Regal, she sat with her chin tilted upward, receiving … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/the-essence-of-her-presence/feed/ 1 44 In the Love Place https://lisapullenkent.com/in-the-love-place/ https://lisapullenkent.com/in-the-love-place/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:41:46 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=89 And so lying underneath those stormy skies She’d say, oh, I know the sun must set to rise. Paradise by Coldplay ~For Richard, Heidi and Gabriel~ It was Sunday afternoon. The weekend that seemed to stretch out enticingly before me … Continue reading →

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