samijopharmd

[samijopharmd]

Today marks 26 years since I graduated from high school. Hard to believe I know!!! A few years ago I went to a NKOTB concert with some friends from high school and we had a blast. These are the girls I spent 3 years on JV and Varsity cheerleading with. That little night of nostalgia juxtaposed against my text encounter with what I thought was a good friend is quite disheartening. Just the other day I contacted my high school best friend for a check in to see how she was doing, how her family was, and how her career was going. She and I are both pharmacists. We had remained friends through college and early adulthood. However, we are now relegated to the occasional text and Facebook like. I had a family issue I brought up casually with her as we talked about our lives and I did not realize my friend I had confided so many things in high school had become such a judgemental Karen. Life changes us in ebbs and flows, allowing us to drift away from those we love so we may grow to be the person we are meant be. Maybe I should have swam away from this friend???

#nkotb #old friendships #nostalgia

[samijopharmd]

Jojoisms is not necessarily something light and fluffy as it may seem on the outside but something more like an onion. Multilayered. The more you cut into it the more you see. I have Over 25 years experience working in retail pharmacy mostly as a pharmacist. The business has changed dramatically. The patients not so much. As a female I have seen changes in the last few years that scare me. The 90s showed so many promises for my gender and I feel we have moved that progress back 50 years for the sake of family values. A word I feel is more politically motivated than anything else. These are my Jojoisms. Stay tuned for more.

#retail pharmacy #introductory post #humanist