CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 13 Nurse Sharon. Our recognition of each other was immediate. I have never been reputed as the tough guy with my emo- tions. Seeing her brought back those fi- nal days in the life of a man I loved dearly and who I have missed every single day since. She and I embraced… and I cried. Word has it that Nurse Sharon is go- ing to have a second child soon. How lovely. I hope that the new child and her older sister turn out just like their moth- er. I hear also that, like so many of our town's quality families, the Command- er-in-Chief has something for their pa- triarch (or matriarch) to do somewhere other than here. May he accomplish it safely and they then find their way back someday. I hope that Nurse Sharon takes with her the knowledge that she, in her life's chosen work, has helped people like us get through mighty hard times. I have a daughter with whom I have forged a truce following the battles of child-rearing years. According to the pay line of the stub in the check book, a monetary commitment has been made to enroll her next year at East Carolina University. Initially, I assumed that the attraction had something to do with how much she loved watching a particu- lar purple dinosaur as a child. She refutes that by saying Barney played no role in the decision. Her ultimate aim at ECU, says she, is earning a degree in nursing. Perhaps she will. It is a loy and wor- thy goal toward which to aspire. Hope- fully, academic achievement in the sciences (or lack thereof) skips genera- tions. If she can achieve the goal, as all the Nurse Sharons have done before her, then somewhere out there in the future, there may be a sick child as yet unborn who needs a nurse who can exude her own inner child, helping to make a gray day a little brighter. Somewhere else in that future, some dying man may see a kindred twinkle in her prime-of-life eyes and reach out for my daughter's hand such that the leaving of this world for the next is less burdensome due to that greatest of elixirs, the human touch. e world will be better for it. ank you, Nurse Sharon and may the road rise to greet you. Perhaps we will add to your compassionate ranks in just a little while. CV SAY YES TO THE DRESS Get rid of varicose and spider veins at the Valley Radiology Interventional Clinic At Valley Radiology, our specially trained vascular and interventional radiologists offer quality, local care for varicose and spider veins. We perform advanced, non-surgical procedures to restore your legs to their healthy good looks, with effective, long-lasting results. Call us today to schedule an appointment. Compassionate Care, Quality Imaging 3186 Village Dr., Suite 201 • Fayetteville • ValleyRadiologyNC.com 910.486.5700