Mercy School of Nursing - Mercilite Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Anna Mashal Fleming Each day is a new beginning . . . Another chance to learn more about ourselves, To care more about others, to laugh more than we did, to accomplish more than we thought we could, to be more than we were before. Thank you Mom, Dad, Mike, Melanie, and Iimmy for all your love and support. I love you all very much. Barbara Suzanne Collie So often I sit and think about the way things were- The fun and friendships, the joy we all had ' and the times of just being together . . . Of course there were some days that we wondered how we made it. But our friendship helped us through. Now we may be separated, but the band is still there. Friendship holds us together. Joyce Brink

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Ianet Lynnette Bledsoe If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson Dana Lynn Chappell One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonged to him, and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me. The LORD replied, My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.

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Molly Elaine Greene To be a nurse is to walk with God Along the path that the Master trod, To soothe the achings of human pain, To faithfully serve for little gain. To lovingly do the kindly deed, A cup of water to one in need, A tender hand on a fevered brow, A word of cheer to the living now, To teach the soul through its body's woe, Ah! this is the way the Lord would go. O white-capped girls in dresses of blue, The great Physician is working through you! A.H. Lawrence Thanks Mother and Dad for all the love and support you have always given me, especially the past 3 years. You have helped me make my dream of being a nurse come true. I LGVE YOU! 4,,f, William Harry Grey When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest! if you must-but never quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about When he might have won if he'd stuck it out, Stick to your task though the pace seems slow- You may succeed with one more blow. Success is failure turned inside out- The silver tint of the clouds of doubt- And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar, So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit- It's when things seem worst that YOU MUSTN'T QUIT.