Sunshine Challenge Post #6

[smallhobbit]

Three things which are indigo nope, let's go for rainbow instead:

1.  The classic rainbow in the sky

Sun through the rain.  I'm not an eternal optimist, but I am generally glass half full.  I also don't fit smoothly into a lot of groups I belong to, because the rainbow inside me isn't just one or two colours.  It may also explain why I will change memes/challenges when they don't quite fit what I want to do - on the basis it won't spoil things for other people.


2.  Currently the symbol for support of the NHS

I have very personal connections to the NHS.  My daughter-in-law is a nurse in our local hospital.  My daughter up to three months ago was a pediatric nurse in a hospital in Warwick.  She's now a student paramedic training with West Midlands Ambulance Service.


3.  Pride

I am white, and het.  I also believe that all people, no matter what race or sexual orientation, or anything else, should be equal.  And I am trying to live that way.


Fanfics I've written with multi-colours:

The Colours of My Mind Lucas/Adam, written for inspiring_tables Colour table

Coming Home Lucas/Adam again, this time an attempt at sentinel/guide

Plus:

Not What Brown Owl Expected Sally Donovan was once a Brownie

The Black Stallion Sherlock is currently a horse

Comments

[luthienberen]

Lovely replies! My mother is a retired nurse (NHS then carehomes). Great respect for those hardworkers who join the profession.

Also Sentinel/Guide? Love those fusions!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Definitely.

This is my own particular take on sentinel/guide - their spirit animals are both cats in my version.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Lovely sentiments!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[enemytosleep]

Glad you were still able to find a way to take part even if this part of Roy G BIV wasn't speaking to you. Also just want to say thank you for your support for BIPOC and LGBT+ folks. ♥ Hope your family are staying safe (though I understand the UK is not quite the COVD cesspool that the states are right now .. guess where I'm from haha).

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

So far we've been okay. My DIL was fortunate - many of the nurses on her ward did contract COVID near the beginning of the outbreak, but she's only part-time (they have a 3 year old) and managed to miss it. Yes, the States is far worse - we're still concerned about how the next few weeks will go, with the emphasis being on the economy rather than health.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[oldtoadwoman]

with the emphasis being on the economy rather than health

::sigh:: Yup. Our "pro-life" party has proven themselves to be the hypocrits that we knew they were all along, becuase they are pushing to reopen everything even as death tolls rise.

Re: ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[silveradept]

And pushing further and harder on opening because the people who are their biggest opponents are the ones most likely to suffer bad consequences from catching the virus, so they're more than happy to mismanage it for their own political gain, much like they were more than happy to mismanage HIV to get rid of the people they thought were morally reprehensible.

[corvidology]

I like the idea of going with the rainbow instead. :D

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - I couldn't think of anything which fitted indigo, and this kept within the theme.

[adafrog]

2. Go NHS!
Why did she choose to do the paramedics rather than nursing?

[smallhobbit]

She'd wanted to be a nurse since she was nine, but then when she was drawn to being a paramedic. However, she couldn't get a place to train when she left college at 18, so went into pediatric nursing instead, which was still a strong second choice. From there she moved into pediatric A&E, but it was a smaller hospital, so she was the sole pediatric nurse on duty, and she felt unsupported, finally returning to the pediatric ward. At the same time she was starting to apply as a student paramedic (she'd taken a driving course so she could drive an ambulance), got accepted and at the beginning of May began her training.

She likes variety in her work, and never knowing quite what's going to be next.

[adafrog]

It can't have been fun being the only pedi nurse in the ER.
Good for her, following her dreams, then. Good luck to her.

[smallhobbit]

It got to her in the end. If she had no children she was supposed to help in the main A&E, which she was happy to do, at times taking on roles above her own level. But if she needed help no-one would do so.

Yes, this was her dream and she's prepared to work for it. Thank you.

[adafrog]

Of course not. :/

[silveradept]

Happy Pride, or as I saw it quite a bit during June, Happy Wrath. The rainbow is a lovely decision to go with since the color didn't work so well.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - I was stuck for a while and then thought why not?

Happy Pride - celebrate what makes you unique.

[moth2fic]

I agree with your rainbow thoughts! And I have downloaded your fics/ficlets to read later! I don't have family medics but I do have friends. I also share your beliefs about equality.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. I think everyone within the NHS deserves all our support.