24/52 "Nurses Notes"

100 word project

24/52 “Nurses Notes”

Today, I went to a diner that ushered me through nursing school thirty years ago. Back then, it was a twenty-four hour joint. I would go after class or study sessions; flash cards and quizzes and reading out loud about the wonder of the heart and its electrical system. I would be ravenous, on my way home to an empty apartment, so I’d detour to the diner. The same waitress from all those years ago with the same red script neck tattoo served me coffee. I still can’t read what it says. I always tell myself it says, “Keep Going.”