The Beautiful Mess of Grief

Finding God's fingerprints in the Broken Places

This morning I had the privilege of attending the monthly grief support group hosted by our hospice chaplain, Doug Varnado. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but life has a way of getting in the way. Between travel and long weekends on hospice call, by Monday morning I often feel like I’ve poured every last drop of myself into caring for others. Today, though, I was able to be there.

What I expected was a conversation about grief. What I experienced was something much deeper—a quiet reminder that grief touches every single one of us, often in ways we don’t even recognize.

Doug shared a story about one of his grandchildren drawing a picture that reminded him of what grief looks like. As he spoke, a memory I hadn’t thought about in more than forty years suddenly came rushing back.

I was about five years old when my parents separated. Like many children, I didn’t have the words to explain what I was feeling. My mother took me to see a therapist, who handed me a piece of paper and asked me to draw.

There weren’t houses or flowers or smiling faces. There were jagged lines. Swirls. Scribbles. Different colors colliding with one another. Complete chaos.

I remember giving my drawing a name—something silly that only a five-year-old could invent. I can’t even remember exactly what I called it now, “crinkle, crackle, something or other”… But I remember how proud I was of it. My mother framed that picture and hung it above my bureau in my childhood bedroom. To me, it was a masterpiece. And to her, it was too.

Looking back now, I realize I wasn’t drawing a picture at all. I was drawing grief.

Because grief isn’t linear. It doesn’t move neatly from one stage to the next. It loops backward. It doubles over itself. It catches us off guard years later when we hear a song, smell a familiar scent, or listen to a story that unlocks a memory we thought had long been tucked away. Grief is jagged. It’s messy. And yet, somehow... it’s beautiful.

Not because the pain is beautiful, but because of what grows from it.

We also talked today about writing. About telling our stories. About how sharing our experiences is not simply cathartic for us—it can become a lifeline for someone else.

I’ve often wondered why I’m so drawn to writing. Why I feel compelled to tell my stories, even the painful ones. Today reminded me why.

We never know who is quietly carrying the same burden we’ve carried. Who might need permission to cry. Who needs someone to say, “Me too.”

Adversity has a way of becoming the author of some of life’s most beautiful and meaningful compositions. The chapters we’d gladly skip often become the pages someone else desperately needs to read. Our stories were never meant to stay trapped inside us.

Another thought that stayed with me came from a simple analogy. Someone once told Doug that life is like a roll of toilet paper. At first, I laughed. But the more I thought about it, the more profound it became.

When you first start a new roll, it’s slow. Sometimes it’s stuck. The paper tears into tiny pieces, and you’re fumbling just to get it started.

Isn’t that how life begins? Everything feels slow. Messy. Uncertain.

But once life gets rolling, it seems to pick up speed. The years begin passing more quickly. Children become adults, parents begin growing old, friends become memories. And before we know it, the roll seems to spin faster and faster. I suspect anyone over fifty understands exactly what that feels like.

Grief isn’t reserved for funerals.

Yes, we grieve the people we’ve loved and lost. But grief reaches far beyond death. It quietly finds its way into the many endings we experience throughout our lives.

We grieve the career that once gave us purpose. The dream that never unfolded the way we imagined. The home that held our family’s laughter. We grieve our health when it begins to fail, our independence when we can no longer do what once came so easily, and the strength we once took for granted.

Sometimes, perhaps most unexpectedly, we grieve the versions of ourselves we’ve had to leave behind. The younger self who believed life would look different. The healthier self. The stronger self. The carefree self. The person we were before loss, trauma, illness, heartbreak, or hardship reshaped us.

Grief has many faces. It isn’t confined to the end of a life; it accompanies the many endings we experience along the way. And perhaps that’s why it can catch us so off guard. We think we’re mourning one thing, only to realize we’re also mourning the pieces of ourselves that changed in the process.

Yet even there, in those quiet places of loss, God continues His work—gently reminding us that while some chapters come to an end, He is never finished writing our story.

Sometimes we don’t see how our stories are connected until years later.

One of the things that touched me most during today’s grief support group wasn’t something that was said during the discussion. It was remembering how God quietly wove Doug’s story into mine long before either of us could have imagined where those threads would lead.

Several years ago, Doug was the pastor at Community Church here in Hendersonville, where he faithfully served for more than three decades.

One week before my husband Billy went home to be with the Lord, he made the decision to be baptized. Our hospice chaplain arranged that beautiful moment of faith, and Doug was there that day, quietly standing in the back, witnessing Billy’s baptism. He later shared with me how that experience stayed with him.

Through Billy’s hospice journey, Doug came to know our hospice chaplain and, in time, felt God calling him into hospice ministry himself.

Think about that for a moment.

Billy’s final earthly act of obedience to Christ became part of someone else’s calling.

The peace that leaves me with is immeasurable. 🥹🙏

I don’t believe that’s a coincidence.

It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom:

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.”

And another that has stayed with me for years:

“We are all connected. Nothing is accidental. You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.”

I’ve thought about those words often, but today they settled into my heart in a different way.

Billy’s story became part of Doug’s story.

Doug’s story has now become part of mine.

And together, by God’s grace, we now have the privilege of walking alongside countless other families as they write chapters of their own.

That’s the beautiful mystery of God’s providence.

We rarely see all the threads He’s weaving while we’re living them.

It is only when we look back that we begin to see the tapestry He was creating all along.

When I look back over my own life, I can see how grief has quietly shaped so much of who I am.

I think about walking away from a nursing career that I truly loved during COVID, not because I wanted to, but because my conscience wouldn’t allow me to stay. I think about standing beside Billy as he prepared to transition from this life to the next, and learning what it means to love someone enough to let them go. I think about losing my daddy and realizing that no matter how old we are, we are never prepared for this heartbreaking season.

Then there are the countless patients whose hands I’ve held as they crossed from this life into the next. Their names, their faces, their stories—they never really leave you. Each one leaves behind a lesson, a memory, a reminder that life is both incredibly fragile and unimaginably sacred.

None of those losses looked the same. None of them unfolded the way I expected. And yet, each one has become another thread in the tapestry of my life.

For a long time, I thought resilience meant somehow becoming strong enough that grief no longer hurt. Now I think it’s something entirely different. Resilience isn’t learning to stop grieving. It’s learning to carry our grief without allowing it to harden our hearts. It’s choosing to keep loving after loss, to keep serving after disappointment, and to keep laughing after sorrow. To keep hoping, even when our hearts have been unimaginably broken.

The older I get, the more convinced I become that grief and gratitude are not opposites. They are companions.

I’ve learned that you can ache for yesterday while still giving thanks for today. You can miss someone every single day and still smile when a beautiful memory finds its way back to you. You can carry scars that never fully disappear and still discover beauty in places you never expected to find it.

As I sat in that grief support group today, my mind wandered back to that little girl sitting in a therapist’s office, filling a page with jagged lines and colorful scribbles because she didn’t yet have words for what her heart was feeling. At five years old, I thought I had created a masterpiece.

Looking back now, I realize I had. Not because the drawing was perfect, but because it was honest. It captured the chaos, the confusion, the heartbreak, and somehow, even then, the hope. Maybe that’s the lesson grief has been trying to teach me all along.

The most beautiful works of art are rarely the ones made of perfectly straight lines.

More often than not, they’re created in the middle of the mess. And perhaps... by God’s grace... that’s true of us, too.

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📍If you live in the Hendersonville area, I’d love to encourage you to attend a meeting. This beautiful grief support group meets on the first Monday of every month at 10:00 AM in the activities room at Vitality Assisted Living Facility, 419 East Main Street in Hendersonville. It is open to the public, whether you’re grieving the loss of a loved one, navigating another season of loss, or simply looking for encouragement, hope, and connection. I truly believe you’ll leave with something meaningful. 💖

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About the Author:

Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP, is a Registered Nurse, entrepreneur, and fierce advocate for medical freedom and informed consent. With a background in critical care and acute patient management, she bore witness to the systemic failures of a healthcare system corrupted by profit-driven protocols—protocols that led to medical murders disguised as care.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly made the bold decision to resign from traditional bedside nursing, standing in protest against coercive mandates, the unethical use of Remdesivir, and the rollout of dangerous, ineffective COVID “vaccines.” This defining moment propelled her to establish Nurse Freedom Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering nurses, safeguarding patient rights, and exposing corruption within the healthcare system.

Today, she continues her mission at the bedside as a Hospice nurse, where she brings dignity, presence, and compassion to the end-of-life journey—honoring the sacred transition and advocating for comfort, truth, and informed decisions. Her experience in hospice care further reinforces the importance of understanding every medical intervention and upholding the nurse’s role as a protector of patient safety and peace.

Expanding on her mission, she launched Remnant Healthcare, providing holistic, patient-centered alternatives that honor medical autonomy, informed consent, and compassionate care. As host of The Nurses’ Report on America Out Loud Talk Radio, Kimberly amplifies the movement for healthcare reform, medical freedom, and the unwavering defense of human dignity.

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and now residing in Hendersonville, Tennessee, her mission is to disrupt the broken system, hold the profiteers accountable, and reclaim healthcare on a foundation of truth, ethics, and respect for human life—restoring humanity to the healing profession.

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Political Theater in Washington Won’t Deliver the Justice Americans Are Seeking

As expected, today’s hearing involving Dr. Anthony Fauci unfolded less like a search for truth and more like another Washington dog-and-pony show.

Question after question, Dr. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Not once. Not twice. Repeatedly. By the end of the hearing, he had declined to answer well over a hundred questions by pleading the Fifth.

To be clear, the Fifth Amendment is a constitutional protection that every American is entitled to invoke when they believe their testimony could be used against them in a criminal case. No one should be faulted simply for exercising a constitutional right.

What made today’s hearing remarkable, however, was the argument raised by Senator Josh Hawley. Hawley pointed out that former President Joe Biden had already granted Dr. Fauci a sweeping preemptive pardon related to his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hawley argued that if Dr. Fauci has been pardoned for any federal crimes covered by that pardon, then he no longer faces federal criminal exposure on those matters and therefore cannot legitimately refuse to answer questions on Fifth Amendment grounds.

Whether courts would ultimately agree with that legal analysis is a separate question. But it highlighted the extraordinary position our country now finds itself in: a former top public health official, already shielded from federal prosecution by a presidential pardon, still refusing to answer the American people’s questions.

And that’s exactly why so many Americans are frustrated.

Millions of people watched loved ones suffer during the pandemic. Families lost businesses, careers, relationships, and precious time with dying relatives. Many healthcare workers like myself witnessed policies that caused unnecessary harm and we have spent years asking for accountability. We weren’t tuning in today for another round of political theater. We were hoping for answers.

Instead, we got more silence.

The reality is that today’s hearing was never likely to produce the accountability many Americans have been seeking. Thanks to the preemptive pardon, the prospect of federal criminal consequences appears remote. Congress can hold hearings. Senators can express outrage. Cable news can replay the clips. But if no new facts emerge and no meaningful accountability follows, the hearing risks becoming exactly what so many Americans expected: another spectacle in Washington.

History, however, has a much longer memory than politics.

Public officials may avoid difficult questions. They may receive pardons. They may escape earthly consequences. But history will render its own verdict, and each of us is ultimately accountable for the decisions we make and the lives those decisions affect.

Americans deserve transparency. They deserve honest answers. And they deserve confidence that no public official—regardless of title or influence—is beyond scrutiny.

Today’s hearing delivered very little of that.

For many of us who stood at the bedside, this was a painful reminder that so many questions remain unanswered.

As I watched Dr. Fauci repeatedly invoke the Fifth Amendment, I couldn’t help but think about the patients and families I cared for during the darkest days of the pandemic. I watched people suffer. I watched families separated from loved ones. I watched patients endure aggressive interventions that, in my view and experience, often compounded their suffering rather than relieved it. Those memories will never leave me.

As I sat watching today’s hearing, I’ll admit there were moments when anger got the best of me.

Part of me wanted Dr. Fauci to experience the same fear, isolation, and suffering that I watched countless patients endure during the pandemic. Those images are forever etched into my memory. They are not stories I heard. They are moments I lived as a bedside ICU nurse.

But then I remembered something else.

I’m a nurse.

I’ve cared for patients who committed terrible crimes. Murderers. People accused or convicted of abusing children. People whose actions I found morally repugnant.

Yet when they became my patients, none of that changed my duty. I treated them with the same compassion, dignity, and respect that I gave every other human being. I didn’t see it as my role to punish them. My calling was to relieve suffering, not to decide who was worthy of mercy.

That’s why today’s hearing unsettled me in a way I didn’t expect.

For the first time in my career, I found myself wrestling with emotions that felt foreign to me. I recognized a desire for justice so intense that, for a moment, it threatened to become something else. That realization grieved me. Not because I no longer believe in accountability. I do.

But because I have spent my entire professional life believing that every human being—even those who have done terrible things—is entitled to compassionate care.

The hardest part of today’s hearing wasn’t what happened in Washington. It was realizing how deeply the experiences of the past several years have affected my own heart.

That may be one of the least talked-about consequences of the pandemic. We often discuss the physical injuries, the emotional trauma, and the grief carried by patients and families. We rarely talk about the moral wounds carried by the healthcare professionals who lived through it.

Those wounds are real. And sometimes they reveal themselves in ways that leave us questioning the very values that once came so naturally.

That doesn’t mean I don’t believe people should be held accountable. Quite the opposite. If public officials knowingly implemented or defended policies that caused unnecessary harm, then they should be investigated thoroughly and judged according to the law. Accountability is not vengeance.

What troubles me most is not simply what I witnessed, but the absence of remorse. Millions of Americans are still asking questions. Families are still grieving. Healthcare workers are still carrying memories they cannot erase. Yet today’s hearing produced more silence than answers.

That is why today’s hearing felt so profoundly unsatisfying. Americans who lived through those years deserve honest answers. Instead, we witnessed more legal maneuvering and political theater.

No presidential pardon can erase history. No public office can place someone beyond moral accountability. And no earthly power can shield anyone from God’s final judgment.

The patients I cared for deserve to be remembered. Their families deserve answers. And our nation deserves the truth.

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About the Author:

Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP, is a Registered Nurse, entrepreneur, and fierce advocate for medical freedom and informed consent. With a background in critical care and acute patient management, she bore witness to the systemic failures of a healthcare system corrupted by profit-driven protocols—protocols that led to medical murders disguised as care.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly made the bold decision to resign from traditional bedside nursing, standing in protest against coercive mandates, the unethical use of Remdesivir, and the rollout of dangerous, ineffective COVID “vaccines.” This defining moment propelled her to establish Nurse Freedom Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering nurses, safeguarding patient rights, and exposing corruption within the healthcare system.

Today, she continues her mission at the bedside as a Hospice nurse, where she brings dignity, presence, and compassion to the end-of-life journey—honoring the sacred transition and advocating for comfort, truth, and informed decisions. Her experience in hospice care further reinforces the importance of understanding every medical intervention and upholding the nurse’s role as a protector of patient safety and peace.

Expanding on her mission, she launched Remnant Healthcare, providing holistic, patient-centered alternatives that honor medical autonomy, informed consent, and compassionate care. As host of The Nurses’ Report on America Out Loud Talk Radio, Kimberly amplifies the movement for healthcare reform, medical freedom, and the unwavering defense of human dignity.

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and now residing in Hendersonville, Tennessee, her mission is to disrupt the broken system, hold the profiteers accountable, and reclaim healthcare on a foundation of truth, ethics, and respect for human life—restoring humanity to the healing profession.

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📲Connect with me and find all of our platforms in one place:

Watch my featured interview on The Jimmy Dore Show, which aired 5/18/26.

Watch my featured interview on the Michael Jaco Podcast, which aired 5/27/26

Watch my featured interview on With The Wind with Dr. Paul Thomas & DeeDee Hoover which aired on CHDTV in 2024.

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I was honored to have been selected by author Ken McCarthy to be featured in his latest book, What The Nurses Saw.

NOW AVAILABLE! Resuscitating Nursing is exactly the roadmap nurses need right now, and I couldn’t be more proud of my friend and colleague, Ashley Grogg, MSN, RN, BC-FMP for bringing this vision to life.

Now Available!! Order Your Copy Today!

Visit Our Online Shop for Official NFN & Remnant Nursing Merchandise

Listen to my latest episode here:

Find my past episodes here:

Listen to Nurses of America Out Loud Weekdays at 10:00 am, EST

Everyone needs to see this important film. Stay tuned to Nurses Out Loud for my upcoming interview with documentary filmmaker, Megan Smith, M.S.

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Be a part of a dynamic, innovative, and active movement to unite pro-American small and mid-size businesses. Freedom Chamber members will have access to exclusive benefits offered by our founding members and access to resources to navigate the ever-challenging business climate.

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science and committed to your health and well-being. Discount is automatically applied by shopping directly from our affiliate link below.

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Flock Cameras: Where Do We Draw the Line?

I came across a story recently that really made me stop and think. Like so many issues these days, it’s not nearly as black and white as people on either side would like to make it. My first instinct isn’t to automatically oppose new technology, nor is it to blindly embrace it simply because it’s marketed as making us safer. If the past several years have taught me anything, it’s that we should slow down, ask questions, and think critically before accepting that every new tool is inherently good simply because its intentions sound noble.

From what I’ve read, Flock Safety cameras have helped law enforcement recover stolen vehicles, locate missing people, and solve crimes. Those are worthwhile objectives, and I don’t think many of us would argue otherwise. If technology can help bring a dangerous criminal to justice or reunite a family with a missing loved one, that’s something we should all celebrate.

But then I read about a Colorado woman named Chrisanna Elser, and suddenly the conversation became a lot more complicated.

Elser was accused of stealing a package after Flock cameras captured her vehicle driving through a neighborhood around the time a porch pirate stole a delivery. Investigators became convinced they had identified the right suspect and issued her a summons.

Here’s where the story takes an unexpected turn.

Instead of the government proving she had committed a crime, Chrisanna and her husband found themselves doing the investigative work. They spent days gathering GPS data from her phone, surveillance footage from businesses she had visited, and dashcam video from her own vehicle. They painstakingly reconstructed her entire day until they had enough evidence to prove she wasn’t where investigators believed she was.

Only after she presented all of that evidence did the police withdraw the summons. In an email notifying her that the charge had been voided, the police chief even remarked, “Nicely done btw,” referring to the evidence she had compiled herself.

I don’t know about you, but that comment stopped me in my tracks.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think a citizen should have to become her own private investigator to prove her innocence.

That story raises a much bigger question than whether Flock cameras are effective. It raises questions about due process, constitutional protections, and whether we’re becoming so confident in technology that we’re allowing it to shift the burden from the government proving guilt to citizens proving innocence.

Video: Denver woman forced to prove her innocence after police used Flock cameras to accuse her of theft

One of the lessons I’ve taken away from the past several years is that we tend to focus on the stated purpose of new technology while giving far less thought to the precedent it creates. Most government programs begin with legitimate intentions. The concern isn’t necessarily today’s use of the technology. The concern is what happens tomorrow if the safeguards we’ve been promised begin to erode.

Our founders couldn’t have imagined artificial intelligence, automated license plate readers, or databases capable of tracking the movements of millions of vehicles. But they understood something timeless about government power. That’s precisely why the Fourth Amendment exists. It wasn’t written to protect criminals. It was written to protect ordinary citizens by placing limits on the government’s ability to search, seize, and investigate without proper justification.

I want law enforcement to have the tools they need to investigate real crimes. I also want to live in a country where constitutional rights aren’t quietly chipped away in the name of convenience or efficiency. Those two ideas are not mutually exclusive.

The Colorado case isn’t just about one woman who was wrongly accused of being a porch pirate. It’s about all of us. Because if an innocent person with access to GPS records, surveillance cameras, and vehicle data had to spend days proving she didn’t commit a crime, what happens to the person who doesn’t have that kind of evidence?

What happens to the person whose old car doesn’t have a dashcam? What happens to the person who doesn’t know how to obtain their location history? What happens to someone who simply can’t afford an attorney to help them fight an accusation?

Those are the questions that deserve our attention.

Technology is advancing at an incredible pace, and there is no question it can be an extraordinary force for good. But every advancement comes with a responsibility to ensure that our constitutional liberties keep pace. Once we normalize surveillance without asking where the limits should be, we may find ourselves living in a society where proving your innocence becomes just another expectation.

That’s not the America our founders envisioned, and it’s certainly not the America I want to leave to future generations.

💭I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Where do you think we should draw the line? Are Flock cameras a reasonable tool for public safety, or do they raise legitimate concerns about privacy, due process, and our civil liberties?

Share your perspective in the comments below.

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Nurses’ Notes is a reader-supported publication. If you find our content to have value, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. 100% of these proceeds are used to further the mission of Nurse Freedom Network.

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About the Author:

Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP, is a Registered Nurse, entrepreneur, and fierce advocate for medical freedom and informed consent. With a background in critical care and acute patient management, she bore witness to the systemic failures of a healthcare system corrupted by profit-driven protocols—protocols that led to medical murders disguised as care.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly made the bold decision to resign from traditional bedside nursing, standing in protest against coercive mandates, the unethical use of Remdesivir, and the rollout of dangerous, ineffective COVID “vaccines.” This defining moment propelled her to establish Nurse Freedom Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering nurses, safeguarding patient rights, and exposing corruption within the healthcare system.

Today, she continues her mission at the bedside as a Hospice nurse, where she brings dignity, presence, and compassion to the end-of-life journey—honoring the sacred transition and advocating for comfort, truth, and informed decisions. Her experience in hospice care further reinforces the importance of understanding every medical intervention and upholding the nurse’s role as a protector of patient safety and peace.

Expanding on her mission, she launched Remnant Healthcare, providing holistic, patient-centered alternatives that honor medical autonomy, informed consent, and compassionate care. As host of The Nurses’ Report on America Out Loud Talk Radio, Kimberly amplifies the movement for healthcare reform, medical freedom, and the unwavering defense of human dignity.

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and now residing in Hendersonville, Tennessee, her mission is to disrupt the broken system, hold the profiteers accountable, and reclaim healthcare on a foundation of truth, ethics, and respect for human life—restoring humanity to the healing profession.

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📲Connect with me and find all of our platforms in one place:

Watch my featured interview on The Jimmy Dore Show, which aired 5/18/26.

Watch my featured interview on the Michael Jaco Podcast, which aired 5/27/26

Watch my featured interview on With The Wind with Dr. Paul Thomas & DeeDee Hoover which aired on CHDTV in 2024.

In Need of a Medical Advocate? Remnant Healthcare Has You Covered!

Learn more about the promise of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine with Achieve Vitality

Gear Up Your Passion! Save 15% Off Your Purchase

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Dear Diary: Anthony Fauci Is Going Back Before Congress — And This Time, We’ve Read His Notes

Tomorrow morning, Anthony Fauci will once again sit before Congress, and I have to admit, I’m not quite sure what to think about it. Part of me hopes this hearing will finally answer some of the questions that so many of us have been asking for years. The other part of me wonders if it’s going to be just another Washington Dog and Pony show…a lot of cameras, a lot of political theater, a few clips that will dominate social media for a day or two, and then...life goes on.

Maybe that’s unfair. I hope it is. But after everything we’ve watched over the past several years, I think it’s a fair question to ask. We’ve seen hearings before. We’ve seen politicians pound the table, make passionate speeches, and promise accountability, only to watch the news cycle move on while the American people are left wondering what, if anything, actually changed.

What does make this hearing different, at least in my mind, is the timing of Senator Rand Paul’s release of more than 1,000 pages of Anthony Fauci’s personal journals. That immediately sent my mind in a different direction. Before I even started thinking about what was written inside them, I found myself wondering how the committee came into possession of them in the first place. Were they voluntarily turned over? Were they produced through the committee’s investigation? Was there a subpoena? I’ve read that Senator Paul released the journals ahead of the hearing, but I haven’t found a clear explanation of exactly how they got from Fauci’s possession into the committee’s hands. Maybe that answer is out there and I simply haven’t come across it yet, but it seems like a reasonable question to ask.

What those journals do provide, regardless of how they were obtained, is something we haven’t really had before: a contemporaneous look at what one of the most influential public health officials in America was writing privately while the rest of us were living through the pandemic in real time. As someone who spent those years working in the ICU, that hits me differently than it might hit someone whose experience with COVID was limited to watching the daily press conferences. I wasn’t watching this unfold from Washington. I was watching families beg to see loved ones. I was watching patients decline. I was watching healthcare professionals wrestle with decisions that none of us ever imagined we’d have to make, and I was watching colleagues become increasingly afraid to question protocols or even ask uncomfortable questions. Eventually, I reached a point where I could no longer reconcile what I was seeing with my own conscience, and I walked away from the bedside. (You can read more on my experience during the covid-era here.)

That’s why I’m interested in this hearing. It’s not because I expect fireworks or because I think one day of testimony is going to answer every question that’s been hanging over the COVID response. It’s because, for the first time, Congress has Fauci’s own contemporaneous writings sitting alongside years of public statements and congressional testimony. Whether that ultimately changes anything remains to be seen, but it certainly gives lawmakers—and the rest of us—more to work with than we’ve ever had before.

But before we even get to what Fauci wrote, I find myself asking a different question altogether.

Perhaps the most basic question of all is this: Why was Anthony Fauci keeping such an extraordinarily detailed personal journal of these events in the first place?

Was he simply documenting history as he lived through it? Was he preserving material for a future memoir? Was he creating a contemporaneous record to protect himself?

We don’t know.

Keeping a journal certainly isn’t evidence of wrongdoing. But given the extraordinary detail contained in these pages—and the enormous power and influence Fauci wielded during this period—I think it’s a perfectly reasonable question to ask.

And now that those private writings have become part of the public conversation, what they reveal about what was being discussed behind closed doors deserves to be compared carefully with what the American people were being told at the time.

After reading some of what has already been released, I have questions.

A lot of questions.

What Did Fauci Know About the Origin of COVID — and When Did He Know It?

One of the most consequential questions tomorrow should concern the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and what Fauci privately understood about the possibility of a laboratory origin.

According to the released journal entries, Fauci wrote in January 2020:

“We know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier.”

He nevertheless believed the virus had jumped from animals to humans. But approximately a week later, Fauci documented a conference call during which several prominent scientists raised concerns that the virus might not have originated naturally.

That is important. Because Americans will remember what happened afterward.

The possibility of a laboratory accident wasn’t simply debated. For a long time, people raising the possibility were routinely dismissed as conspiracy theorists.

Years later, the question is anything but settled. The FBI has assessed that a laboratory incident was the most likely origin, while the CIA subsequently said a research-related origin was more likely than a natural one, albeit with low confidence. Other scientists continue to argue that the evidence favors zoonotic spillover.

That scientific disagreement is precisely why the early conversations matter.

Fauci’s own journal shows that questions about a laboratory origin existed at the highest levels of the scientific establishment from the very beginning.

So tomorrow I want to know:

Why did legitimate scientific uncertainty become something the American public was so often discouraged from discussing? We were told not to “question the science,” when the very premise of science itself is a question.

Then There’s the Fame

This may not be the most scientifically important revelation in the journals, but I would be lying if I said it didn’t bother me.

In May 2020, with Americans isolated from dying parents, businesses shuttered, children removed from classrooms and healthcare workers walking into hospitals wondering what fresh hell awaited us that day, Fauci wrote about his extraordinary newfound celebrity.

He described his fame as:

“explosive and really unimaginable.”

He wrote that it was not hyperbole to consider himself among the most recognizable people in the world.

The journals reportedly chronicle magazine profiles, celebrity attention, Fauci masks, murals, portraits, bobbleheads, Brad Pitt portraying him on Saturday Night Live, and even correspondence from celebrities.

To be fair, some entries indicate Fauci was uncomfortable or embarrassed by portions of that attention, and his heightened profile brought legitimate security concerns.

But I can’t read those passages without thinking about what was happening outside Washington at exactly the same time. People were dying alone. Families were saying goodbye through iPads. Nurses were holding phones up to patients’ ears because their children weren’t permitted into the room. People lost businesses. Children lost years they will never get back. Healthcare workers like myself and many others who questioned the prevailing narrative risked our careers and reputations.

And the man who became the public face of America’s pandemic response was documenting the extraordinary nature of his celebrity.

You can decide for yourself how you feel about that. I know how I feel.

The Mask Question Is Interesting Too

One journal entry in particular really caught my attention. Fauci wrote:

“I really do have a problem defending the ultra-conservative approach of the CDC regarding the wearing of masks outdoors.”

Now, before anyone misinterprets what I’m saying, this isn’t about trying to catch someone changing their mind. Science should evolve as new information becomes available. I’d be far more concerned if our public health leaders weren’t willing to reconsider their positions when the evidence changed.

What continues to bother me, though, is the disconnect between the conversations that appear to have been happening behind closed doors and the level of certainty that was being projected to the American people. There seemed to be room for discussion, nuance, and even disagreement among the experts. The rest of us weren’t always afforded that same grace.

If you questioned whether children needed to wear masks all day in school, you were often accused of being anti-science. If you raised concerns about lockdowns, someone inevitably suggested you cared more about the economy than human life. If you asked about natural immunity, vaccine mandates, hospital treatment protocols, or even where the virus originated, it sometimes felt like the conversation stopped being about the evidence and started being about attacking the person asking the question.

That’s never sat well with me.

Science isn’t supposed to fear questions. It’s supposed to invite them. Medicine has always advanced because people were willing to challenge assumptions, test ideas, and debate the evidence. That’s how we learn. That’s how we improve.

And informed consent isn’t really informed if people are only allowed to hear one side of the conversation. If certain questions are considered off-limits before they’re even asked, we’re no longer encouraging scientific inquiry—we’re managing information. I don’t think that’s good for science, and I certainly don’t think it’s good for the American people.

And Then There Is Gain-of-Function Research

If I had to guess, this is probably where tomorrow’s hearing is going to get the most interesting.

Rand Paul and Anthony Fauci have been going back and forth over gain-of-function research for years, and I don’t expect this hearing to be any different. The disagreement really came to a head during a Senate hearing in 2021, when Fauci testified that the NIH had not funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Senator Paul strongly disagreed with that characterization and accused Fauci of misleading Congress. Fauci, of course, has maintained that the research in question didn’t meet the definition of gain-of-function research and has stood by his testimony ever since.

One thing I found particularly interesting while reading through the journal entries was Fauci’s own reflection on that exchange. He wrote that he looked Senator Paul in the eye and told him that if anyone was lying, it was Paul.

Well...tomorrow they’ll have another opportunity to revisit that conversation.

The difference is that there is considerably more information available today than there was five years ago. Senator Paul’s committee has spent years gathering documents related to EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the government’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has also released declassified materials and made allegations about Fauci’s involvement in discussions surrounding COVID’s origins and interactions with the intelligence community. Those allegations are significant, but they’re also disputed, which is exactly why this hearing matters.

For me, this isn’t about who can deliver the best sound bite or score the most political points. I want to see the documents put on the table. I want the timeline walked through carefully. I want emails, journal entries, previous testimony, and any other relevant records laid side by side so the committee—and the American people—can compare them for themselves.

If everything lines up, then let’s acknowledge that.

If it doesn’t, then ask why.

That’s what congressional oversight is supposed to do.

This Is Bigger Than Anthony Fauci

I don’t need another congressional hearing filled with speeches designed to generate viral clips. I don’t need politicians grandstanding for five minutes and then posting the video to social media.

I don’t need Democrats spending their time telling us what a wonderful public servant Anthony Fauci is.

I want answers.

The more I think about it, the more I realize this really isn’t about Anthony Fauci. He’s become the face of it, sure. But this is so much bigger than one man.

It’s about whether the American people are ever going to get an honest accounting of what happened during one of the most extraordinary periods in our nation’s history. It’s about whether we’re entitled to know what our government knew while unprecedented restrictions were being placed on our daily lives, our businesses, our schools, our churches, and even our ability to sit beside the people we loved in their final moments.

It’s about whether our scientific and public health institutions are capable of truly holding themselves accountable, or whether they’ll simply investigate themselves, declare everything appropriate, and move on. It’s about whether government officials can make statements under oath and, years later, be confronted with documents that seem to tell a different story. And it’s about whether we learned anything from COVID, or whether we’ll allow legitimate scientific disagreement to be labeled “misinformation” all over again the next time we’re faced with a public health crisis.

But if I’m being honest, for me, this is even more personal than that.

I don’t think about government agencies first. I think about my patients.

I think about the families who weren’t allowed to sit at the bedside of someone they loved. I think about the people who died without a familiar hand to hold, while nurses did everything they could to fill a space no healthcare professional should ever have to fill.

I think about the nurses and physicians who quietly questioned what was happening but were too afraid to speak because they knew what it might cost them. And I think about those of us who found the courage to speak anyway—only to be ridiculed, censored, threatened, or pushed out of the profession we loved.

Most of all, I think about the millions of Americans who were told to stop asking questions. Those of us who were mocked, dismissed, or labeled conspiracy theorists simply because we wanted to understand what was happening. Years later, many of those same questions are now being explored by congressional committees, government agencies, and investigative journalists.

Whether this hearing changes anything remains to be seen.

But I do know this: the people who lived through those years—and the people whose lives were forever changed by them—deserve honest answers.

We deserve transparency and accountability.

And they are both long overdue.

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Where to Watch the Hearing

If you’d like to watch the hearing yourself rather than relying on headlines or social media clips, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hear testimony from Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday, July 29, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern (7:30 a.m. Central) in Room SD-342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The hearing will be streamed live through several official outlets, including:

• The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• The U.S. Senate Hearings & Meetings page

• C-SPAN, which typically carries major Senate hearings live.

My recommendation? Watch as much of the hearing as you can yourself. Sound bites and social media clips rarely capture the full context. Whether you agree with the questions being asked or the answers being given, there’s value in hearing the testimony firsthand and drawing your own conclusions.

More to come…

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About the Author:

Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP, is a Registered Nurse, entrepreneur, and fierce advocate for medical freedom and informed consent. With a background in critical care and acute patient management, she bore witness to the systemic failures of a healthcare system corrupted by profit-driven protocols—protocols that led to medical murders disguised as care.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly made the bold decision to resign from traditional bedside nursing, standing in protest against coercive mandates, the unethical use of Remdesivir, and the rollout of dangerous, ineffective COVID “vaccines.” This defining moment propelled her to establish Nurse Freedom Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering nurses, safeguarding patient rights, and exposing corruption within the healthcare system.

Today, she continues her mission at the bedside as a Hospice nurse, where she brings dignity, presence, and compassion to the end-of-life journey—honoring the sacred transition and advocating for comfort, truth, and informed decisions. Her experience in hospice care further reinforces the importance of understanding every medical intervention and upholding the nurse’s role as a protector of patient safety and peace.

Expanding on her mission, she launched Remnant Healthcare, providing holistic, patient-centered alternatives that honor medical autonomy, informed consent, and compassionate care. As host of The Nurses’ Report on America Out Loud Talk Radio, Kimberly amplifies the movement for healthcare reform, medical freedom, and the unwavering defense of human dignity.

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and now residing in Hendersonville, Tennessee, her mission is to disrupt the broken system, hold the profiteers accountable, and reclaim healthcare on a foundation of truth, ethics, and respect for human life—restoring humanity to the healing profession.

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📲Connect with me and find all of our platforms in one place:

Watch my featured interview on The Jimmy Dore Show, which aired 5/18/26.

Watch my featured interview on the Michael Jaco Podcast, which aired 5/27/26

Watch my featured interview on With The Wind with Dr. Paul Thomas & DeeDee Hoover which aired on CHDTV in 2024.

In Need of a Medical Advocate? Remnant Healthcare Has You Covered!

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I was honored to have been selected by author Ken McCarthy to be featured in his latest book, What The Nurses Saw.

NOW AVAILABLE! Resuscitating Nursing is exactly the roadmap nurses need right now, and I couldn’t be more proud of my friend and colleague, Ashley Grogg, MSN, RN, BC-FMP for bringing this vision to life.

Now Available!! Order Your Copy Today!

Visit Our Online Shop for Official NFN & Remnant Nursing Merchandise

Listen to my latest episode here:

Find my past episodes here:

Listen to Nurses of America Out Loud Weekdays at 10:00 am, EST

Everyone needs to see this important film. Stay tuned to Nurses Out Loud for my upcoming interview with documentary filmmaker, Megan Smith, M.S.

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This page includes affiliate links which if you choose to make a purchase from, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. One more way to help support the work we are doing at Nurse Freedom Network.

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“Find me a way to create fever and sweat, and I will cure disease.”

~ Hippocrates, Father of Medicine

• Increasing Core Temperature

• Mobilizes Lymphatic and Immune Systems

• Increases Circulation and Micro-circulation

• Oxygenates Cells, Giving Greater Absorption

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As a proud Co-Founder of the Freedom Chamber where we fuel dreams, forge connections, and champion American businesses, I invite you to join us on this mission. Together we build a future rooted in Faith, Family, and FREEDOM.

Be a part of a dynamic, innovative, and active movement to unite pro-American small and mid-size businesses. Freedom Chamber members will have access to exclusive benefits offered by our founding members and access to resources to navigate the ever-challenging business climate.

Cardio Miracle is made from the highest quality ingredients, driven and backed by

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Pivoting with Purpose

From a 64-hour hospice weekend to building the future of healthcare.

After an incredibly busy 64-hour on-call hospice weekend, I had just enough time to jump in the shower and build myself a little work nest in my bed...where I fully intend to spend the rest of the day.

Not because I’m resting, but because Monday is my pivot day.

People assume that when my hospice shift ends on Monday morning, I’m finally done working. Not even close. I trade one job for another.

Today is all about Remnant Healthcare—answering emails, working through workflow, scheduling interviews, writing blogs, planning shows, recording podcasts, meeting with practitioners, and trying to chip away at the mountain that piled up while I was taking care of hospice patients all weekend.

The work never really ends, but it’s work I believe in. 🙏❤️

People ask me all the time how I do it. Truthfully? Some days I wonder the same thing.

The reality is, I don’t have the luxury of sitting around waiting for someone else to build the kind of healthcare system I believe should exist. If we’re going to fundamentally change healthcare, we have to be willing to do the work.

So here we are.

Me, under a blanket computer in my lap, coffee within reach, and I’m about 90% sure DoorDash will be delivering dinner directly to my bed at some point today. 😬

Welcome to the glamorous life of a Nurse entrepreneur. 🩺💙

But this is exactly what building something from the ground up looks like.

Remnant Healthcare isn’t backed by a billion-dollar corporation. We don’t have venture capitalists writing checks.

We have nurses. We have practitioners. We have patients who believe healthcare can be better. And we have members who believe enough in what we’re building to invest thirty dollars a month to help make it happen.

That thirty dollars isn’t just buying access to concierge nursing, advocacy, functional wellness resources, educational content, and member discounts. It’s helping build something bigger, and much needed.

Every membership allows us to continue advocating for patients, supporting families, expanding our practitioner network, developing new programs, and proving that healthcare can still be compassionate, ethical, and centered around the patient instead of a broken system.

If you’ve been watching from the sidelines and you’ve been thinking, “I really should join,” I’d love to invite you to do that today.

For less than a dollar a day, you’re helping build the future of nurse-led, patient-centered healthcare. And for those of you who are already members...

Thank you.

Seriously.

You are the reason I can crawl into this little work nest after a 64-hour weekend and keep on going.

❤️ Kimberly

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Nurses’ Notes is a reader-supported publication. If you find our content to have value, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. 100% of these proceeds are used to further the mission of Nurse Freedom Network.

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About the Author:

Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP, is a Registered Nurse, entrepreneur, and fierce advocate for medical freedom and informed consent. With a background in critical care and acute patient management, she bore witness to the systemic failures of a healthcare system corrupted by profit-driven protocols—protocols that led to medical murders disguised as care.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly made the bold decision to resign from traditional bedside nursing, standing in protest against coercive mandates, the unethical use of Remdesivir, and the rollout of dangerous, ineffective COVID “vaccines.” This defining moment propelled her to establish Nurse Freedom Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering nurses, safeguarding patient rights, and exposing corruption within the healthcare system.

Today, she continues her mission at the bedside as a Hospice nurse, where she brings dignity, presence, and compassion to the end-of-life journey—honoring the sacred transition and advocating for comfort, truth, and informed decisions. Her experience in hospice care further reinforces the importance of understanding every medical intervention and upholding the nurse’s role as a protector of patient safety and peace.

Expanding on her mission, she launched Remnant Healthcare, providing holistic, patient-centered alternatives that honor medical autonomy, informed consent, and compassionate care. As host of The Nurses’ Report on America Out Loud Talk Radio, Kimberly amplifies the movement for healthcare reform, medical freedom, and the unwavering defense of human dignity.

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and now residing in Hendersonville, Tennessee, her mission is to disrupt the broken system, hold the profiteers accountable, and reclaim healthcare on a foundation of truth, ethics, and respect for human life—restoring humanity to the healing profession.

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📲Connect with me and find all of our platforms in one place:

Watch my featured interview on The Jimmy Dore Show, which aired 5/18/26.

Watch my featured interview on the Michael Jaco Podcast, which aired 5/27/26

Watch my featured interview on With The Wind with Dr. Paul Thomas & DeeDee Hoover which aired on CHDTV in 2024.

In Need of a Medical Advocate? Remnant Healthcare Has You Covered!

Learn more about the promise of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine with Achieve Vitality

Gear Up Your Passion! Save 15% Off Your Purchase

Custom Healthcare Gear Made Just for You from MacAttack Gear

Now Available for Purchase

I was honored to have been selected by author Ken McCarthy to be featured in his latest book, What The Nurses Saw.

NOW AVAILABLE! Resuscitating Nursing is exactly the roadmap nurses need right now, and I couldn’t be more proud of my friend and colleague, Ashley Grogg, MSN, RN, BC-FMP for bringing this vision to life.

Now Available!! Order Your Copy Today!

Visit Our Online Shop for Official NFN & Remnant Nursing Merchandise

Listen to my latest episode here:

Find my past episodes here:

Listen to Nurses of America Out Loud Weekdays at 10:00 am, EST

Everyone needs to see this important film. Stay tuned to Nurses Out Loud for my upcoming interview with documentary filmmaker, Megan Smith, M.S.

---

This page includes affiliate links which if you choose to make a purchase from, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. One more way to help support the work we are doing at Nurse Freedom Network.

Nurse Freedom Network is a Root Brands Ambassador, please click on the link below to sign up for your FREE Root Brands Account:

For the Busy Nurse on the Go!

Use Coupon Code: RemnantHealthcare

Use Coupon Code: Remnant

Save 10% on bookings using our referral link!

“Find me a way to create fever and sweat, and I will cure disease.”

~ Hippocrates, Father of Medicine

• Increasing Core Temperature

• Mobilizes Lymphatic and Immune Systems

• Increases Circulation and Micro-circulation

• Oxygenates Cells, Giving Greater Absorption

• Activates Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Helps Mitochondria Create ATP + Nitric Oxide

Use Coupon Code REMNANT NURSING to enjoy our discounted rate!

Use Coupon Code REMNANT10 to enjoy our discounted rate!

Healthcare Practitioners:

Learn more about how LabSmarts can enhance your practice and help ensure optimal health outcomes for your clients - Use Coupon Code RemnantNursing to enjoy a 10% Discount on their products and services!

Use Coupon Code REMNANT_NURSING at checkout to save 10%!

Freedom Square V2.0 is live!

Download the app today!

As a proud Co-Founder of the Freedom Chamber where we fuel dreams, forge connections, and champion American businesses, I invite you to join us on this mission. Together we build a future rooted in Faith, Family, and FREEDOM.

Be a part of a dynamic, innovative, and active movement to unite pro-American small and mid-size businesses. Freedom Chamber members will have access to exclusive benefits offered by our founding members and access to resources to navigate the ever-challenging business climate.

Cardio Miracle is made from the highest quality ingredients, driven and backed by

science and committed to your health and well-being. Discount is automatically applied by shopping directly from our affiliate link below.

---

We are 100% supporter-funded and grateful for your kind donations that assist us in furthering our mission. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization making your kind contributions tax-deductible.

Nurses’ Notes is a reader-supported publication. If you find our content to have value, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. 100% of these proceeds are used to further the mission of Nurse Freedom Network.

Start writing today. Use the button below to create your Substack and connect your publication with Nurses’ Notes.