Archive for November 2007

Nursing, 1955

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 2 November 2007, with 2 comments so far.

by Kay—Age 69—Sewell, NJ
What had possessed me to think I wanted to be a nurse? I was eighteen years old, filling a washbasin and crying at the sink in the eight bed women’s ward. I was dressed in my blue and white stripped uniform, white stockings and oxfords. The starched cap worn by nursing students […]

Lost

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 1 November 2007, with 1 comment so far.

by Jamie—Age 26—Kingston, NY
I was just out of high school, fresh off the chopping block and had to find my means of living. I was in the arcade playing some video games to separate this new adult feeling, when I saw a huddle of blue shirt and khaki pants gang. I soon realized they weren’t […]