| I love my job as an in-home care nurse specifically because it encourages me to keep my skills sharp and think outside the box to handle the situation at hand | |
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| Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital |
But there are things they can't do to me As they insult my dignity Oh there are things they can't do to me They can't take away my memories My Roles through this life cement my presence With withered mind they call senescence I am rich in culture, wisdom and knowledge That medical people can't learn in college I am a mother, a sister, a historian, a wife I have mastered many roles throughout my life I created warm meals in my day I wiped my children's tears away I cared for a close knit family Who look up to and value me And now I master another role Dependent patient with golden soul If just one of "them" would sit with me I'd share with them this history And if one would stay awhile I'd teach them that I'm still God's child.
28| I don't know who these special people are but i will meet them with every call I will hold them tight and help the pain I will hold them up when they feel faint | Begging to God, to not let you die |
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| Are you thinking, When you look at me; A crabbit old woman, Not very wise Uncertain of habit, With far away eyes, Who dribbles her food, And makes no reply When you say in a loud voice 'I do wish you'd try', Who seems not to notice The things that you do, And forever is losing A stocking or shoe, Who, unresisting or not, Lets you do as you will, With bathing and feeding, The long day to fill, Is that what you're thinking, Is that what you see? The one who decided that he'd just had enough | Experience her story with her classmates as they discover love, medicine, and adulthood |
Playing poker, having feasts, so many stories to share.