As a nurse in the ED I more often than not have the burden of seeing the dark side of humanity. Today, first thing this morning was no different. She was beaten mercilessly by her “estranged husband”. I prefer to more accurately define this thing as an animal with no right to breathe the same air that I do.
She had facial fractures, eyes were swollen shut; bruises all over her body. And the blood stains under her fingernails. She wept as I dressed her to go to a “safe place”. I do what I always do..I held her and tried to find the words to express my sympathy for her and the emptiness that I could feel in her soul.
I can only pray that she felt the gentleness of my touch and that she somehow knew that I truly cared.
Dear God, she was so badly beaten that I had to put clothes on her because she could not see from the swelling to her eyes and face.
How, I asked myself, could another human being be so evil as to do this to a woman who had given her love to him?
As always, this will stay with me for days to come.
“Please Lord..help me comfort the broken hearts and souls that I see..let them find peace somehow, someway.”
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