A lot can happen in a year. A lot did happen in the last year and a half. I left my job with the Military ICU, dipped my toes in the Cardiac ICU at UC Davis, worked as a registry nurse in hospitals all over the Napa and Sacramento Valleys and next week, I'll settle into working full time at a hospital surgery center in Sacramento. No more nights, no more weekends, no more holidays. I need to pinch myself. So many lessons learned along the way, so many more to learn, but glad I can start to put down a few roots. I'm just going to take it all in in "Little Bytz."

      I'm back in Hawai'i between the worlds of the migrating and nesting nurse. It's always a place to gather my thoughts, rest my soul and build up strength for whatever might come my way in the coming year. Because a lot can happen in a year, in a moment. Above, a rainbow shot I took this morning when I was doing my sit-ups. I happened to look out the window and saw the rainbow. I hobbled out as fast as my broken ankle would allow and snapped the photo with my iphone.

      Five minutes later, the rainbow was gone. In nature, just like in life, a lot can happen in  a moment, let alone a year.