NURSE'S VISIT

 
HI JOURNAL.
 
NURSE JANET,
MY PARKINSON'S NURSE SPECIALIST, VISITED ME YESTEDAY.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS, 'SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED,'
NURSE JANET WAS 'NURSE OF THE YEAR' A COUPLE OF YEAR AGO.
IT IS NOT FOR NOTHING, 
THAT NURSE JANET  WAS GIVEN THIS AWARD.
INDEED IF NOT FOR THIS LADY,
WHO WAS 'MADE  IN HEAVEN,'  I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
 
AT ONE TIME VISITING ON A SIX TO EIGHT WEEK PATTERN,
NURSE JANET  VISITS NOW ON A SIX MONTH BASIS.
YESTERDAY, WHEN ASKED HOW I WAS DOING, 
REPLYING WITH 'I THINK I AM DOING WELL',
NURSE JANET'S REPLY, 'I THINK YOU ARE TOO', 
IS AN INDICATION OF HOW FAR I HAVE COME,
SINCE THE BAD OLD DAYS,
BEFORE I GOT MY ACT TOGETHER.
 
JANET WAS THEN AND STILL IS,
A PART OF THE FORMIDABLE TEAM,
INCLUDING MY SELF, THAT LOOKS AFTER ME.
IT WAS ONLY WHEN I DECIDED TO MAKE MYSELF,
 A PART OF THIS TEAM , 
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MYSELF,
THAT THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
 TO BE CONTINUED