My mother, an OB-GYN head nurse in the Bronx, finds herself providing medical care—and comfort—in the face of fear.
She reads her Our Daily Bread devotional, a prayer book by the Christian ministry of the same name. Then she thanks God for waking her up once again, on this cloudy morning. Sixty-three years, God has been waking her up each day.After her quiet devotion, she drinks Nescafé with a little cream and two Equals, shuffling around the modern, airy kitchen in the house she just bought, watching the morning news and weather: overcast with a high of 45.
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