Things I Write About — Allison Toy

Cambodia
- Sep 11, 2017 Flashes of Lightning and Flashes of Clarity
- Jan 20, 2017 12 Reflections on the Past 24 Months
- Oct 12, 2016 Entitlement and Gifts
- Jul 6, 2016 Life as a Cambodian Christian: An Interview
- Jun 7, 2016 Same Same But Different: Confessions of a Returning Short Termer
- May 25, 2016 Beyond the Smiles (Part II)
- Mar 17, 2016 The {Missionary} Lifestyle
- Feb 2, 2016 Keeping the Power Lines and Losing the Edits: What Telephone Wires Taught Me about Owning my Story
- Jan 17, 2016 Navigating the Bumps in Life
- Nov 23, 2015 Beyond the Smiles
- Oct 11, 2015 In Over My Head
- Sep 16, 2015 A Need and A Means
- Jun 11, 2015 Why I Eat Raw Ramen
- Nov 3, 2014 Why I Won't Go to Africa to Help with the Ebola Crisis
- Jul 23, 2014 For the First Time in Forever
- Jul 3, 2014 Freedom
Career
- Aug 15, 2018 3 Things I Learned From Quitting Nursing
- Sep 11, 2017 Flashes of Lightning and Flashes of Clarity
- Sep 4, 2017 Busted: 4 Myths of Career Changes (and the truth behind each myth)
- Aug 9, 2017 How a Crying Child Brought Me Peace about a Career Change
Community
- May 18, 2016 Sometimes...the Bed Breaks
- Apr 4, 2016 Again and Again
Dating
- Mar 1, 2021 5 Things I Learned from Online Dating
- Feb 1, 2021 Terrified: A Blog on Dating
Mental Health
- Sep 10, 2018 Breaking the Stigma: I've Been Suicidal
- Aug 15, 2018 3 Things I Learned From Quitting Nursing
- Jun 20, 2018 Mental Health and Spirituality
- Jun 13, 2018 3 Things to Know When Processing Trauma
- Jun 5, 2018 How to Help a Loved One with an Eating Disorder
- May 29, 2018 Carry Me Through: Hospitalization for Mental Illness
- May 23, 2018 Mental Illness: Supporting the Whole Family
- May 16, 2018 Postpartum Depression: What I Should Have Said
- May 9, 2018 How to Support a Loved One with Mental Illness
- Mar 7, 2018 4 Ways the Enneagram Is Changing My Life
- Nov 27, 2017 5 Reasons to Try Therapy
- Nov 13, 2017 Post-Depression Recovery
- Oct 30, 2017 Media Resources for Times of Need
- Oct 23, 2017 My Journey through Depression to Happiness
- Sep 25, 2017 What Therapy Taught Me About Tithing
- Aug 15, 2017 The Truth About Anxiety: I'm Faking It
- Aug 2, 2017 The Life I Couldn’t Save as a Nurse
- Jul 25, 2017 6 Reasons I Won't Tell You I'm Depressed
- Jul 19, 2017 On Rest(oration)—Part II
- Jul 11, 2017 On Rest(oration)—Part I
- Apr 4, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Constipation, Oversharing, and Mental Health
- Feb 7, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: What Foley Catheters Taught Me about Emotional Nakedness
- Feb 8, 2016 The Truth About Depression: 5 Observations from Someone Who’s Been There
Nursing
- Jun 18, 2019 Jesus, Colonoscopies, etc
- Aug 15, 2018 3 Things I Learned From Quitting Nursing
- Oct 9, 2017 Nurses, Spirituality, and Why We Should Pee Our Pants
- Aug 2, 2017 The Life I Couldn’t Save as a Nurse
- May 26, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Physical Therapy and Change
- May 6, 2017 To Hell with Politics, and Happy Nurses Day!
- Apr 4, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Constipation, Oversharing, and Mental Health
- Mar 17, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Life After [a Patient's] Death
- Feb 7, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: What Foley Catheters Taught Me about Emotional Nakedness
- Jan 20, 2017 12 Reflections on the Past 24 Months
- Dec 18, 2016 Why I Quit Full Time Nursing—And What I Learned From It
- May 25, 2016 Beyond the Smiles (Part II)
- May 12, 2016 For Nurses in Developing Countries
- Dec 11, 2015 The HCAHPS Approach
- Nov 23, 2015 Beyond the Smiles
- Apr 30, 2015 The Nurse Who Lost Her Super
- Apr 9, 2015 I'm Asian, Y'all
- Nov 23, 2014 On Sabbaths and Nursing School
Thoughts on Life
- Oct 11, 2021 Poison Ivy and Jesus
- Mar 1, 2021 5 Things I Learned from Online Dating
- Feb 1, 2021 Terrified: A Blog on Dating
- Nov 1, 2019 Rent to Own or Own to Rent?
- Dec 4, 2017 Freedom from Hustling—in Weddings and in Life
- Nov 6, 2017 Living Generously in a World Full of Wanting
- Sep 25, 2017 What Therapy Taught Me About Tithing
- Sep 18, 2017 'Daring to Hope' Book Brings Personal Revelation
- Aug 29, 2017 Hurricane Harvey Guilt
- Aug 9, 2017 How a Crying Child Brought Me Peace about a Career Change
- Aug 2, 2017 The Life I Couldn’t Save as a Nurse
- Jul 19, 2017 On Rest(oration)—Part II
- Jul 11, 2017 On Rest(oration)—Part I
- Apr 26, 2017 When Failure is a Guarantee
- Apr 4, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Constipation, Oversharing, and Mental Health
- Mar 17, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Life After [a Patient's] Death
- Jan 20, 2017 12 Reflections on the Past 24 Months
- Oct 12, 2016 Entitlement and Gifts
- Sep 18, 2016 The Three Rushing Wolves
- Aug 19, 2016 How the Olympics are Different from Real Life
- Jul 27, 2016 To Vote or Not To Vote
- Jun 22, 2016 The Great Banana Split (Growing Up as a Banana, Part II)
- Jun 15, 2016 Growing Up as a Banana
- May 4, 2016 Insta Authenticity (On Integrity & Social Media)
What I'm Learning
- Jan 24, 2022 The Space Between
- Feb 1, 2021 Terrified: A Blog on Dating
- Nov 1, 2019 Rent to Own or Own to Rent?
- Jun 27, 2018 I Don't Have to Do a Thing—and Neither Do You
- Mar 7, 2018 4 Ways the Enneagram Is Changing My Life
- Oct 9, 2017 Nurses, Spirituality, and Why We Should Pee Our Pants
- Sep 18, 2017 'Daring to Hope' Book Brings Personal Revelation
- Sep 11, 2017 Flashes of Lightning and Flashes of Clarity
- Sep 4, 2017 Busted: 4 Myths of Career Changes (and the truth behind each myth)
- Aug 28, 2017 Satisfaction in a "Just Enough" Culture
- Jun 27, 2017 How the Cardiovascular System Helped Me Find My Purpose
- May 26, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: Physical Therapy and Change
- Apr 26, 2017 When Failure is a Guarantee
- Mar 3, 2017 Reentry: Still on the Road
- Feb 7, 2017 Lessons from the Bedside: What Foley Catheters Taught Me about Emotional Nakedness
- Jan 20, 2017 12 Reflections on the Past 24 Months
- Dec 18, 2016 Why I Quit Full Time Nursing—And What I Learned From It
- Oct 12, 2016 Entitlement and Gifts
- Jun 29, 2016 Reentry: the Beginning
- Jun 15, 2016 Growing Up as a Banana
- May 25, 2016 Beyond the Smiles (Part II)
- May 18, 2016 Sometimes...the Bed Breaks
- May 11, 2016 The Half Truth Trap
- Apr 27, 2016 Scarcity and the Spiritual
- Apr 4, 2016 Again and Again
- Mar 17, 2016 The {Missionary} Lifestyle
- Feb 24, 2016 When the Words Won't Come
- Feb 2, 2016 Keeping the Power Lines and Losing the Edits: What Telephone Wires Taught Me about Owning my Story
- Jan 17, 2016 Navigating the Bumps in Life
- Jan 5, 2016 Permissions for Life
- Jan 3, 2016 Exposing Ourselves for the Frauds We Are
- Dec 17, 2015 Hope, Gratitude & Goodbyes
- Dec 11, 2015 The HCAHPS Approach
- Nov 23, 2015 Beyond the Smiles
- Oct 11, 2015 In Over My Head
- Jun 11, 2015 Why I Eat Raw Ramen
- Apr 30, 2015 The Nurse Who Lost Her Super
- Feb 11, 2015 The Big Hoo-rah about George W. Bush and Shawn Shannon
- Dec 9, 2014 Leaving a Legacy...Or Not.
- Nov 23, 2014 On Sabbaths and Nursing School
- Nov 3, 2014 Why I Won't Go to Africa to Help with the Ebola Crisis
missions
- Jun 27, 2017 How the Cardiovascular System Helped Me Find My Purpose
- Jul 6, 2016 Life as a Cambodian Christian: An Interview
- Jun 7, 2016 Same Same But Different: Confessions of a Returning Short Termer
- Jun 1, 2016 Questions to Ask Returning Short Termers
- May 25, 2016 Beyond the Smiles (Part II)
- Mar 21, 2016 Come and See
- Mar 17, 2016 The {Missionary} Lifestyle
- Nov 23, 2015 Beyond the Smiles
- Oct 11, 2015 In Over My Head
- Sep 16, 2015 A Need and A Means
- Jun 11, 2015 Why I Eat Raw Ramen
- Nov 3, 2014 Why I Won't Go to Africa to Help with the Ebola Crisis
- Jul 3, 2014 Freedom

Reentry
- Jun 26, 2016 Day 1: Conversations in Reentry
- Jun 28, 2016 Day 2: A Letter to Myself—Before Leaving for Cambodia
- Jun 29, 2016 Day 3: Permissions for Reentry
- Jul 1, 2016 Day 4: A Poem
- Jul 4, 2016 Day 5: Risks and Sacrifices
- Jul 8, 2016 Day 6: Grief
- Jul 23, 2016 Day 7: Building Walls or Building Bridges
- Aug 9, 2016 Day 8: Exhaustion
- Aug 12, 2016 Day 9: Believe in What?
- Aug 13, 2016 Day 10: Worlds Lost
- Aug 14, 2016 Day 11: The Fog
- Aug 16, 2016 Day 12: A List of Sadness
- Aug 18, 2016 Day 13: Grief, Welcome
- Aug 23, 2016 Day 14: what it feels like to be a nurse who's depressed
- Aug 31, 2016 Day 15: 24 Hours
- Sep 8, 2016 Day 16: Perspective and Ski Lifts
- Sep 11, 2016 Day 17: Things Lost, Things Found
- Sep 14, 2016 Day 18: Cambodian Coffee
- Sep 20, 2016 Day 19: Doing Good
- Sep 29, 2016 Day 20: What's His Name?
- Oct 4, 2016 Day 21: Thankfulness
- Oct 7, 2016 Day 22: The Bicycle
- Oct 9, 2016 Day 23: Entitlement and Gifts
- Oct 10, 2016 Day 24: Particularly Uninspired
- Oct 11, 2016 Day 25: Rest and Hope
- Oct 12, 2016 Day 26: The Shift
- Oct 13, 2016 Day 27: What is {Reverse} Culture Shock?
- Oct 14, 2016 Day 28: Identity Crisis (Code Blue)
- Oct 16, 2016 Day 29: Peanut Butter M&Ms
- Oct 20, 2016 Day 30: Fear and Flexibility
- Oct 24, 2016 Day 31: Love