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Aunt Ruth
As a nurse, there’s many looks that you become familiar with. Different looks that make give you gut feelings, that make you take a deeper look at things, and looks that pull on your heart strings. (Names have been changed) Mrs Ruth. Mrs Ruth soon became Aunt Ruth. We laughed together. She shared so many stories. There were about two dozen family members that came to visit her during her couple week stay. I heard stories of little Bobby and all the tricks he played on his sisters and cousins. I heard stories of Mrs Ruth’s famous perogies. We laughed and joked. She shared stories of her childhood and how…
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Just Write.
Just write. Write for you. Write for your peace. Write for your soul. Write for your hope. Write for your grief. Write for your pain. Write for your joy. Write for your sorrow. Write for your journey. So what if no one reads it. So what if nothing ‘becomes of it.’ Do it for you. Do it for your soul. Do it for your joy. Write for your peace. Write because you love it. Write because you love it. What a foreign concept to me for many years. Do it because it brings you happiness. Do it because you love it. I love to write. I do. It makes me…