Archive for November 2007

Nursing

Posted to 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 [...]

Lost

Posted to 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 [...]