It's Official - RN, BSN

Graduated. and OFFICIALLY Licensed - Boards Passed! It feels as though I can breathe again after four years! Amen. I am currently working my last shift as a Patient Care Assistant. Praise. i am leaving to go home for 9 days! celebrating the union of my dear friend, ellie. Twins Game = Girls night. I am preparing to speak for a Ladies event next week - please pray for me. Fishing, working out, and spending time with the family. It going to be a great vacation. Start my dream job on June 25th. NICU - Life will be crazy again all summer.

Pictures to come soon of the latest happenings - including some crazy Tribal Warfare - Feel the Fire?

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Mi Hermana Jesse

Can hardly believe that today is one of the last days that we will spend together! I look back upon the moments that brought us together and the fear of the unknown.... Would we be able to make this work.... I am so blessed to be able to say that I have come out of this situation with one of the best friends I can have ever prayed for. Jesse, you have sown seeds of truth and joy in my life, you have been there through brokeness and tears and prayed relentlessly for my heart. I am encouraged by your faith and blessed to share in your struggles and triumphs. God has such an amazing future that will unfold all in His timing, and as we move from this place and go forth as God calls... Let us look back on these days as one small step into the glorious future as we conquer the earth in His Name. I am so excited to continue to do life with you, may you always seek and never conform to the patterns of this America.... (my spanish heart). You will perservere in your education ... Praise the Lord! Love you more than words will say... Keep your heart open! My sister, best friend and almost x-roomie... You are always welcome in my home!

Moments with the Family

these are the moments that make life worth enduring. God has blessed me with such amazing siblings... Always there to give support and love. Henry gave me a poster ... New Job Congrats. Cole and Auntie Ranna. All four siblings. Kyle and I. and then sisters with Kyle. love.

Blooming Change

Tis the season to feel the motivation to move: grow and change. The oppurtunities begin to bloom with the spring leaves and the tulips. Many of us feel the refreshing of the Spring Rain as it begins to wash away the ugliness of the winter... Beginning to feel the Voice of God speak and the obdience to follow in the new directions He leads us....

In my life many things are taking place, and many people are beginning to move out into the direction that they feel they need to go. Meeting with friends, catching up, and remembering all of our memories : preparing for our seperation ... It is very solem moments as we realize our fate, many times knowing that our paths may not cross for many years... I just wanted to take the time to thank the Lord for giving me these very inspirational people in my life. They have been blessings and each person has placed a hand print on my heart.

A Whole New World

Blessed to have them as my parents - Proud Day!
One of the true loves of my life - Henry - You Rock!
Who's the graduate now? Oh G- Ma!
BUDDY! - Onto the Curious You ----- Inside Joke

AMAZING SISTER.... THE ONE AND ONLY!!! SHE IS MY BESTEST FRIEND!
TALLY - MY LONG LOST LITTLE SISTER... I love your heart - Keep seeking the Lord, Beautiful!
Jessica Susan McNally - The love of my Life - Roomie I will forever treasure you.
Mar - (No Words) - Thanks for coming!
The Tres Amigas - What a Beginning to the End - You are my support. Love me.

MY SURPRISE - My friend and forever cousin - You are a true joy in my life.

It's official! I am a Winona State University Graduate - that means: Brianna Marie Kalinowski, BSN can be added to my John Hancock! (Lol, not serious). What an amzing celebration last week with my incredible family, friends, and classmates. (I will put photos in the bottom of this blog)

First I want to give undivided praise to my Lord and Saviour - Its so amazing to have gone through all that the past four years has given me - In which the Hand of God never left my side and His protection and Guidance has lead me to this very moment. I am so thankful and blessed.... it takes me aback knowing that HE LOVES ME! I am so excited to move into this next couple years of change and choices as God leads and guides me.

My Family came to visit (MOM, DAD, GMA - SISTER - HENRY) Super Exciting! I was able to host and show them the area which I have spent the last four years. It was so special to have them here. They have blessed me, and I wouldnt have been able to do this without their encouragement and support (Prayers especially).

FRIENDS! I am so grateful to all of you have been able to share in the past moments of my life, the struggles, pain, joy, laughter, tears. I love you all, and I only hope to make an impact on you like you all have on me. Please know that you are all dear to me.

I interviewed for my dream position - Neonatal ICU! I am patiently waiting to hear from them sometime in the next few days. I am resting in the peace that God knows what is coming next. I had an amazing convo with friends last night about the Moving of God. God is paving the way for change. I am preparing my heart to be used and opening myself for that new step. Reading the Word, and Praying.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING!

TWEAKING.

cant believe that it is April. which means one thing. i am only 30 days away from the grand finale. and thus i am tweaking. cant believe that i am at this point and its time to make the big decisions. job - no conclusion. should i relocate. should i stay. is Rochester the place God wants me to be. could this be my place of ministry for the next year. fear is an issue. unable to sleep. listing all the to dos. unable to find that solitude. ready for change. need the answers. sounds rather demanding? what i know i need most is taking the moment to really seek the Lord? getting back to the basics. i know i can trust. but its taking the time. wrestling with it all.

so in conclusion. i am here. running. stressing. praying. (need more time on my knees) so for all. please pray for me. i need to start making decisions.

Snow Shots

A few glimpses of the snow day with my brother. not very good shots. but it was a great day!

photos of the event.

wedding creativity.

this past weekend i drove home to becker. a chance to get back to my family and spend time with friends. i had a great homemade meal with my grandma and parents - time to enjoy and relax. (good meat) i cozied up on the couch with my rents and gma to watch 'the wheel'. (Wheel of Fortune) laughs. I continued my venture to Clear Lake to visit my nephew cole and kyle and kayla. I waxed my board for the first time. enjoyed visiting and catching. Cole is getting so tall and growing up. He sits up on his own!!!!
Next Morning, UP EARLY! Met Kyle out on the hill to snowboard for a couple of hours. and learned to ride my first rail as well as tried jumping. its just a blast for us to chill. miss him so much. he is such an amazing patient instructor.

At 12:00 I traveled to the Bride to be - Ellie - to have a bridesmaid extravaganza making the centerpieces. mailboxes covered in paper and decorated accordingly. :) Lots of work. many hours. coughing and wiping runny noses. all sick with a cold. it was fun and i had my creative juices flowing.

next morning, amazing fellowship at church. felt the presence of the Lord and his calling on my life. renewing and refreshing.

bridesmaids and bride dress fitting.. and then back home to finish assignments for school.

very refreshing and fun.

Answered Prayers

today has been an amazing day of blessings and God's faithfulness shown. my heart rejoices, over joyed with so many thoughts and feelings. i am blessed to know i serve a faithful God that hears the cries of His people. today is a day to give thanks abundantly.

today my sister's family had an amazing answer to their prayers. todd had a great review at work and was switched to the day shift!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD, he can be home with his family and have normal rotations. it has been an amazing transformation of trust and hope to rejuvenate their family. i am so blessed.

my nephew henry was so excited to call me and let me know that i should PRAISE THE LORD!!! the innocence of his passionate soul to cry out to the lord. i pray that the lord continues to keep his spirit tender and humble. what a man of god he will be... follow the Lord henry all the days of your life.

my day was simply amazing. today was the day of anticpation. i have been so excited to see how this day would turn out. today was the day of nursing (internship) capstone placement (this is the last rotation before we graduate, an independent study without professors or fellow students) and i have wanted to be placed in one particular unit. a placement in this unit could mean so many things, and i just wanted the oppurtunity to experience the life of a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse.... i am so passionate about the little lives that enter the world struggling to stay in it.... TODAY I WAS PLACED IN THE NICU!!!!!! (an oppurtunity that many others wanted, only one place to be given) PRAISE THE LORD!!! i am so blessed.

a praise report for the week. so thankful. the power of prayer.