It was a time for tears and a time for laughter, all mixed together in the fond memories Mary Ann and her co-workers were sharing. We are please to have been able to capture the moment.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
As long as I have known Mary Ann, she not only wanted to be a nurse, but to be the best. After years of practice, she is retiring from her full-time position at St. Joseph’s in Bryan, Texas. Today, friends, peers and family will be gathering to celebrate her service to people and a profession she loves dearly. Mary Ann is truly the “poster-child” for people who love their job, which is way I have referenced her often in my years of career counseling.
This is not to say that she hasn’t been looking forward to this day, for she has been counting the days. Although she is about to start a new life phase, she will not be turning her back on her life’s profession, which will make her new life phase the best of both worlds. The position Mary Ann has held will be filled, but no one can replace her devotion to caring for others and to sharing her knowledge and skills.
It was a time for tears and a time for laughter, all mixed together in the fond memories Mary Ann and her co-workers were sharing. We are please to have been able to capture the moment.
