Turned 16...took a bus ride to the nearest hospital to apply for nurse's aide job. That was over 50 years ago before Personnel & H.R. Depts. The Administrator, a nun, interviewed me & asked if I had any health problems. I said, "No...but I had braces removed last week". I forgot to tell her they were on my TEETH. She looked at my LEGS and said, "Poor dear". The next day, she called and I was hired! I worked at that job all through high school and college.
As a post script, the First Chief of Staff of that hospital, a respected physician, encouraged me to go into the medical field....which I did. His very grandson will be delivering a new vehicle to me from New Orleans to my house in St. James...two weeks from today!!!
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