standing for something
Puerto Rico has a critical shortage of nurses. the nurses we do have are overworked and underpaid and end up leaving the island seeking better jobs in the US.
my family has had the amazing honor (and luck) of having the help of 2 of the nurses that decide to stay in PR and help. They take care of my mother, each for 12 hours at a time, and have given me my sanity back.
these two women, and particularly one of them, have changed my life. not only because their help allows me time to myself, but because they became a part of my extended family. they give me advice, they help me nonstop, and they give my mother the best care i cannot do myself.
why someone choses to do such a selfless and important job is beyond me. but it gives me hope. because my mom is just one of many patients whose lives they've touched. so maybe that makes it worth it. i just know that for me, they are a beacon of something better for all of us.
my family has had the amazing honor (and luck) of having the help of 2 of the nurses that decide to stay in PR and help. They take care of my mother, each for 12 hours at a time, and have given me my sanity back.
these two women, and particularly one of them, have changed my life. not only because their help allows me time to myself, but because they became a part of my extended family. they give me advice, they help me nonstop, and they give my mother the best care i cannot do myself.
why someone choses to do such a selfless and important job is beyond me. but it gives me hope. because my mom is just one of many patients whose lives they've touched. so maybe that makes it worth it. i just know that for me, they are a beacon of something better for all of us.
posted by Cristina at 4:35 PM
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That's brilliant--really. It's really the people that no one "notices"--who don't get into the papers and who don't appear on TV--who really make a difference in our lives. If only we were all after this form of fame.
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