TODAY I SPEAK WITH

LISA HARRIS FROM PHILADELPHIA USA

SHE IS A NURSE FOR THE LAST 42 YEARS

SHE HAS BEEN SOBER 27 YEARS

SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND KIRIM IN THE USA

SHE SHARES HER WORK EXPERIENCE

IN A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY

DURING THE PEAK OF COVID

AND LOSING 60 PATIENTS

WHO DIED DIRECTLY FROM COVID

HER EXPERIENCES WITH THE FAMILIES AND ISOLATION

THE OCCUPATIONAL GRIEF AND TRAUMA

HOW SHE PROCESSED ALL

THE ACCUMULATIVE

AFFECTS THIS HAD ON HER OWN HEALTH

5 YEARS LATER

HER RECENT HEALTH ISSUE A MASS IN HER LUNG AND OPERATION

AND COMPLICATIONS LEADING TO HER BEING ON A VENTILATOR

AND NOW HER DAILY RECOVERY

HOW THIS LIFE ALTERING EVENT HAS CHANGED HER PRIORITIES

AND HER LIFE

AND WHAT CHANGES SHE WILL MAKE

IN HER LIFE AND CAREER GOING FORWARD

SHE ALSO SHARES THE BONDS AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS SHE NOW

HAS THE SUPPORT SHE RECIEVES

AND A BRIEF MOMENT ABOUT HER RECENT TRIP TO CANADA

JUST BEFORE HER OPERATION

WHEN SHE ATTENDED A CONFERENCE FOR HER SPECIFIC RECOVERY PROGRAM

SUBSCRIBE LISTEN PASS ALONG AND LEAVE US A COMMENT

DISCOVERING MY SISTER LESLEY HAD A DAUGHTER AND I HAD A NIECE AND MY NIECE HAD GREATS

WAS A SHOCK DO NOT KNOW WHY AS WAS SO FOCUSED ON LOCATING LESLEY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HER HAVING CHILDREN ...

SO FUNNY NOW ...I AM A BIT SLOW AT TIMES

WHAT A SURPRISE GINA HER HUSBAND WILL AND THIER CHILDREN MY GREAT NEPHEWS KOLTON AND JAX AND GREAT NIECE ADDI

OF COURSE BEING AN AUNTIE WAS AWESOME AND US LIVING IN SAME PROVINCE SO NICE TOO

AS LESLEY RESIDES IN MEXICO WITH HER HUSBAND BRUCE

BEING GREAT AUNTIES RIGHT AWAY AWESOME THE KIDS ARE FUN TO WATCH AND THE FIRSTS HAVE BEEN A BLAST

ALL HAVE SUCH INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES

SO THIS IS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AUNT AND NIECE OF THIS LAST YEARS JOURNEY .. ENJOY SUBSCRIBE LISTEN PASS ALONG AND LEAVE A COMMENT ...

THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS I THANK LESLEY AND GINA FOR SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL IN THIS REUNION ..

THE LAST UPDATE WILL BE DONE

IF LESLEY AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AGAIN IN PERSON

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR INTEREST AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS LAST YEAR

SISTERS LOST AND FOUND AFTER 41 YEARS

SHARE HOW THE FIRST YEAR BEING REUNITED HAS BEEN

THE LESSONS AND THE CHALLENGES

HOW FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED

AND HOW THEY HAVE BUILT THEIR NEW RELATIOSHIP NOW AS OLDER SISTERS

SHARING THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE AND LIFE EXPERIENCES

THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES VERY DIFFERENT AND AT THE SAME TIME PARALLEL

ITS NOT AS EASY AS YOU WOULD THINK

BUT BOTH AGREE THE RISK WAS WORTH IT

AND THEY WILL HAVE A LIFETIME TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS SIBLINGS NOW

SOMETHING THAT WAS ON PURPOSE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BOTH BY THEIR SHARED PARENT

THEY TOGETHER NOW THEY WIN NEVER SAY NEVER

NEVER GIVE UP