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A Dad

Quin Yen

“He’s coming.” Krystina is the first nurse who spots the new patient’s stretcher in the hallway. Two paramedics walk on each side of the stretcher. Each one holds the rail: one is slightly in the front, the other in the back on the opposite side.
Krystina rushes into the corner room where Julie and Jenny are preparing the patient’s arrival. She waves at Julie, the charge nurse, and then points to the door. Julie gives her a nod of understanding and gestures to Jenny and Krystina to stand by the bedside, one on each side. She straightens her scrub uniform and waits by the door.
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Heart of Christ

Sandro F. Piedrahita

Margaret Mary Alacoque saw the Man in the loincloth when she was returning home fromthe dancing and festivities at the great ball which her cousin Corinne had been planning for months. At the time she saw the bearded Man, Margaret Mary was wearing a tight-fitting rose-colored satin gown and was holding her blonde hair in cascading golden curls, all in an effort to play up her beauty and attract potential suitors. When she first saw the bearded Man in the loincloth, she thought He was a specter, for His bloodied body glistened like the moon in the darkness of the night and His smooth lustrous skin appeared to be transparent like a crystal.

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Featured image for “A Dad”

A Dad

Quin Yen

“He’s coming.” Krystina is the first nurse who spots the new patient’s stretcher in the hallway. Two paramedics walk on each side of the stretcher. Each one holds the rail: one is slightly in the front, the other in the back on the opposite side.
Krystina rushes into the corner room where Julie and Jenny are preparing the patient’s arrival. She waves at Julie, the charge nurse, and then points to the door. Julie gives her a nod of understanding and gestures to Jenny and Krystina to stand by the bedside, one on each side. She straightens her scrub uniform and waits by the door.
Featured image for “Heart of Christ”

Heart of Christ

Sandro F. Piedrahita

Margaret Mary Alacoque saw the Man in the loincloth when she was returning home fromthe dancing and festivities at the great ball which her cousin Corinne had been planning for months. At the time she saw the bearded Man, Margaret Mary was wearing a tight-fitting rose-colored satin gown and was holding her blonde hair in cascading golden curls, all in an effort to play up her beauty and attract potential suitors. When she first saw the bearded Man in the loincloth, she thought He was a specter, for His bloodied body glistened like the moon in the darkness of the night and His smooth lustrous skin appeared to be transparent like a crystal.

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