A quiet space between the chaos of care and the calm of coastal life.
I created Sand Between Shifts as a place to reflect on the life that happens in between—between long hours in healthcare and the healing pull of home, between early mornings and slow dinners, between garden soil and shoreline stillness.
I live a few miles from the South Jersey shore, where the salt air and the tide offer the kind of medicine no prescription can match. I work in healthcare in a role that requires precision, presence, and compassion—often all at once. It’s meaningful work, but it’s also consuming. Like many in this field, I’ve learned to carry a dual rhythm: one of structured intensity, and one of soft restoration.
This blog is where those rhythms meet.
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What You’ll Find Here
Sand Between Shifts is part journal, part letter, and part archive of small things that matter.
Here, I share:
- Reflections on working in healthcare—from the emotional to the practical
- Notes from quiet living: home projects, gardening, slow routines
- Beach walks, books, and things I’m learning lately
- Musings on balance, burnout, rest, and ritual
- The occasional recommendation: a meal worth going out for, a passage worth rereading, a moment worth remembering
Some posts will read like essays. Others will feel like a quiet conversation.
I don’t aim to offer advice so much as a sense of companionship.
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Who This Space is For
If you work in a field that asks a lot of you
If you crave slow mornings and deep breaths
If you find meaning in home, in nature, in the in-between
If you’ve ever felt both grateful and exhausted at the same time
If you’re seeking less noise, more substance, and a sense of place
…then welcome. You’re in the right place.
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A Final Word
This is not a blog about having it all figured out.
It’s about tending to a life—gently, slowly, and with care.
It’s about sand stuck in your shoes after a shift,
and finding peace in the in-between.
Sand Between Shifts 