Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) more power to your sister... who is an awesome person... captured in wonderful affectionate shots... some of my favorite people are ICU people... tough ICU nurses especially.... Steve On Jan 27, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Ok, my kid sister is 50 years old, but she'll never grow up in my > eyes. > > She tries to be tough, saying things like she won't miss the kids as > much as they think she will (she's a mother of four and runs a half > marathon most of the days of the week). > > This is just my declaration of admiration for her (and her twin sister > too, the details differ, but the lifestyle and engagement are the > same). > > Remember her? She was the one who loved her road: > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2006/52.html > > She is an ICU (intensive care unit) nurse. On just about every working > shift someone dies. > > "Some people say you get used to it. I say that if you do, then it is > time to change jobs. You NEVER get used to it." > > She's been one for around 25 years, at least. > > Now that the kids are growing up, she is starting to live up to the > expression: "Look what the cat dragged in." > > But that isn't true. She drags in the sweetest things. > > Mabel: > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2007/alt/07v04-0005.jpg > > Mabel isn't related to us. Karen and her don't go to the same church. > They met purely by chance, years ago. Mabel had fallen and broken her > wrist. Some how or another Karen found out and called home to them. > > "Don? Do we want to go to the hospital?" > > "No! We don't need any help!" > > Ok. Plan B, thought Karen. > > Since then, Mabel's husband has died (Karen took responsibility for > him the last few weeks so that he could die at home, in his own > clothes). > > Mabel is 92. > > Karen passes by a few times a week, does her laundry, helps her with > this and that and brings her company (me in this case). > > It must have been special. Mabel even turned off the Bull's game. > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2007/alt/07v04-0001.jpg > > On topic: Leica M4, 35 Summicron and Tri-X > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information