ONLY A NURSES AIDE?

NO SIR! NOT JUST A NURSES AIDE

I AM A

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT.

WHEN NO ONE ELSE HAS THE TIME TO BE HERE

I'M HERE!

WHEN YOUR MOTHER CRIED

IT WAS I WHO WIPED HER TEARS.

HELD HER HAND AND CALMED HER FEARS.

YES SIR!

I'VE WASHED HER WHOLE BODY AND CLEANED HER FACE.

LISTENED AS SHE

SPOKE OF TIME AND SPACE

PAST, PRESENT, AND ETERNITY.

TOGETHER WE LAUGHED, WE PRAYED, AND WE CRIED.

YES SIR, SHE WAS READY,

I WAS HOLDING HER HAND WHEN SHE DIED.

YES SIR, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT ALL.

COMFORTING AND REASSURING YOU

AND MAKING THAT ONE LAST CALL.

YOU CAN RELAX NOW, SHE IS AT REST.

THE CARE I GAVE HER WAS MY VERY BEST.

YOU HAVE YOUR MEMORIES, AND I HAVE MINE.

THE RELATIONSHIP SHE AND I HAVE BUILT

IS SO VERY HARD TO DEFINE.

YOU SEE I AM A PROFESSIONAL

WITH A TENDER HEART.

I AM A NURSING ASSISTANT

THERE IS NO FINER ART.

SUSAN G.P. JOHNSON

7/19/02