The Patient Everyone Warned Me About Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him give me a slow head-to-toe scan like he was…
The Breaking Point “Where is she?” I heard my coworkers calling me as they passed the closet. I was on the other side of that…
When Time Stands Still “What in the…” I mumbled, my face a canvas of frustration. I looked at the clock and sighed. It showed that…
When I signed my contract to work in a nursing facility, I thought I knew what to expect: elderly residents needing care, and routine tasks….
The Morning Jolt That No Coffee Can Fix Bam! My eyes shot open as if the world’s loudest alarm had gone off. Without thinking, my…
What. The. Heck: The Sound That Changed Everything It was nearing midnight. I’d been glued to my screen, obsessively tweaking every last detail of a…
Taking the Leap of Faith With knees trembling, I slowly stood up, letting my gaze sweep across the room as the applause faded. It was…
“Dial-what?” “Di-a-ly-sis.” The word tumbled out of his mouth like a drunk trying to recite the alphabet backward, each syllable unsure of where to land….
A Subway Encounter I was in the subway today, and in true New Yorker fashion, I kept my eyes focused straight ahead, anywhere but on…
The Breaking Point The day I finally stood up to Samir, my most difficult patient, changed everything. For months, I had been dodging his verbal…