I always loved this day. \u00a0It was not only “Little Christmas Eve,” but my dear mother’s birthday, as well. \u00a0My mother \u00a0was an RN. \u00a0She received her training in the 1920’s, when one hundred women were accepted into the nursing program and only about thirty graduated. \u00a0It was a very difficult vocation and the training was grueling. \u00a0The women lived in a dormitory with only one day off a week- Sunday. \u00a0This lasted for three years! \u00a0When they received their pins and caps, it was a grand day indeed!<\/p>\n
Back then the uniforms were important. \u00a0The caps were all different, depending on the schools where the nurses were taught. \u00a0A doctor could look at the cap and know just what type of training the nurse had, what philosophy she was schooled in. \u00a0My mother graduated from Columbus Hospital and was taught by the Mother Cabrini nuns. \u00a0She was rightly proud of this feat and she worked as a nurse for over fifty years. \u00a0On her deathbed she had a nurse who prayed for her and she received the Last Rites from a true Jesuit. \u00a0Having been consecrated to the Blessed Mother and wearing blue and white for the first three years of her life, the Blessed Virgin made sure she had the sacraments.<\/p>\n
With all the beauty of this season it is important to remember all the heartache and tears that also come with this time of year for many people. \u00a0Christmas sees more suicides than any other time of year. \u00a0How sad. \u00a0How much more are we called to be cognizant of the suffering around us and to remember all these souls in our prayers. \u00a0If you come from a fractured family, know that God offers you the perfect family- the Holy Family. \u00a0Your true family is in Heaven and God knows the pain you are experiencing now. \u00a0Offer it to Him in union with the Cross of Christ. \u00a0May He heal you and give you consolation so that your heart may sing with the love of the Babe of Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Lovely Lady, dressed in blue, teach me how to pray! \u00a0God was just your little boy, tell me what to say!<\/p>\n
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