At 18 My Dad Told Me to Leave and Gave My Room to My Sister

me through the next four years: I want to take care of people who have no one.

I got in. Diane put the acceptance letter on her refrigerator with a magnet shaped like a sunflower.

Nursing school was four years of not enough sleep and too much coffee. I worked two jobs the entire time. My GPA was 3.8. I made the dean’s list five semesters straight, not continue reading …