Isn’t this the truth?

Hello all, It’s Friday, April 17, 2026, and today is my 49th Birthday. I pray that each of you have a wonderful weekend. I hope you find joy...whether it’s Thunder Over Louisville, time with family, or simply a moment of peace to breathe and rest. This morning, I woke up overwhelmed with gratitude. So today, I felt led to say "thank you" from the deepest part of my heart. Thank you for every kind word, every encouraging response, and every message of appreciation you’ve shared over the years about my It’s Friday messages. Many of you may not know this, but these messages were born out of unimaginable pain. I started them after burying my best friend of 21 years, my husband, Eric Sr. and then losing both of my parents just six months apart. During that season, I was in an incredibly dark and heavy place. Grief had changed me not just emotionally, but physically and spiritually. I remember praying, sometimes barely whispering for any sign of hope. Any reason to keep going. And somehow, helping encourage others through these messages became a small light for me… something to hold onto beyond my children during those darkest days. Grief doesn’t ask permission. It reshapes you. It teaches you survival before healing. And even now, the journey continues. So, if these messages have ever lifted your spirit, even for a moment, know that you lifted mine too. And if you are reading this while silently struggling… if you’re exhausted, hurting, or sitting in your own dark place please hear me when I say this: keep going. I beg you. Get up and stay another day. And then another day. You can do this. You must do this. Even though you haven't seen it yet, there are so many people rooting for you. Stay! I see you. I love you. And you are enough, just the way you are. -Love EduQuita LaQuita Burden BSN RN NBH Clinical Educator, Manager Norton Brownsboro Hospital 4960 Norton Healthcare Blvd Louisville, KY 40241

Hello All, it's Friday, April 3rd , 2026. I pray you have a beautiful Easter weekend. If you have a choice to be right or to be kind, Be kind and you will be right every time. Oftentimes we want to be right, but we are not kind in our pursuit to be right. Even the smallest acts of kindness can be a lifeline for someone who feels invisible. Your presence matters more than you realize.- Unknown You don't have to know what someone is going through to be kind. The reason why some people are kind is because the world has been so unkind to them that they don't want other people to feel the way they did. - Inspirology How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.- Elliston Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.-Mother Teresa Reminder: The world is full of kind people. If you can't find one! Be one! -Unknown - Love EduQuita  LaQuita Burden BSN RN NBH Clinical Educator, Manager Norton Brownsboro Hospital