helping others also gives life
@Hatley (163776)
Garden Grove, California
August 30, 2008 11:15pm CST
hi mylotters I got this inspiration from a discussion I just
'responded to. tell me is this good, bad, or indifferent.
I Must have given life, As I helped my patients, with their
daily needs, I stood beside her crib, and held her hand
as she lay dying, I must have given life. I wept when Billy'Monday almost died. His fifth surgery to get peanuts out of his lungs,
I must have given life. I cheered with the others when his mom'got to take him home. I rode with the kids in the ambulance, they wanted only me, Nurse Clark, As we moved into our new hospital,
I must have given life. I worked for many years as a nurses aid
and I saw just about everything a nurses aid could see. Hope
there is a bit of merit in this quickly written poem. give me
your output please.
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9 responses
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
31 Aug 08
Hello there Hatley, it's been awhile since I've answered your discussion. I would have to say that careers that really have my utmost respect would be nurses, fire-fighters, armies/soldiers, lifeguards and also fighter pilots and pilots in general. They risk their life out there, if you know what I mean. And for nurses, they are doing something that not many people are cut out for. So I give a lot of credit for these groups of people. And not forgetting the volunteer workers. They take the most credit, for doing something for free.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
31 Aug 08
Hey zed dude! Good to see you. And wouldn't you just love to have a nurse like Hatley if you were in hospital or sick? I know I would!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi fellow mylotters this is 11 months later but anyway I hopoe
I did mybit helping others as I loved mywork and always felt
so fulfilled each day when I went home as did most of the'other nurses aides and nurses.we were a family really.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
31 Aug 08
Oh Hatley I wish there were more nurses like you who even after all these years, remembers what it truly means to be a 'life giver'. Well done sweets and I loved your poem.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Sep 09
Ah, what's a year between friends eh? LOL
You help me smile every time I see your name Hatley! Can't ask for more than that, to have a friend who always makes you smile! Hugs sweets...........
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi sparky a whole year later thanks for the complimnent and I loved'what I did and was glad to be a nurses aide. I also loved working in the library shelving books as i also helped others.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi gabs and gissi a whole yr gone by since i made this discussion and I didnt know I had left so much unfinished. I loved working as'a nurses aid and well it was very fulfilling too.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
31 Aug 08
[i]wow....I love the poem, very touching!
I really admire people who have a genuine heart for others and wish all the people in that field have the same dedication and feeling towards their patients! Sad to note not all! But, I know with what you have done, you have touched a lot of lives as well as motivate others to do the same![/i]
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
thanks checapricorn a yr later wow thanks for the compliment I did what I loved to do and wanted to be worth my existance. I think
God put each of us here for a reason.
@ellie333 (21016)
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31 Aug 08
Hi Hatley, That is beautiful and only some people can do the work you did for others, I know I couldn't, I would get so emotionally involved and would spend most of my life in tears. You done a wonderful job and yes you must have helped and given so much life. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi ellie333 I cried a lot of times, just didnt let others see me'as I did get involved at times when nobody could save a particular patients and I hated to see them not make it. this is a yr later. wow.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi cheney lets see a yur later. give life I think what they were
saying is that when you work at helping others you give new meaning to your own life. sometimes in some helping careers you do help save other peoples lives and that gives more meaning to your own life. now your life counts for something.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi stephcjh that reminds me of the unspoken code country p eople haveif they see anyone stranded on the highway they stop and help in any way they can, why? because they never know when they might be stranded a long ways from any town and need help too.so nobody just drives on by.it just isnt done.
@mjsdls (1840)
• United States
31 Aug 08
That was a very touching poem. Good nurses like you do help in the healing of a human, in body and spirit. I remember the times I was in the hospitol and I still remeber the kind nurse that took so great care for me. I thank God for those like you who do care and show they care.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi mummymo here it is 1 yr later I am still so glad I worked at'something I loved and helped others at the same time.now I
'am being pampered and am not really used to it.he he
