Thanks, Siham, and God bless you. I'm surprised no-one else has dropped in here yet. I didn't know much about FN until the other night when I saw something about her and looked her up. She was an amazing woman, an amazing person, and spoke frankly about her take on Christianity, religion, and faith. Like a lot of great people of faith, she went through Hell. People should read of her efforts during the Crimean War, and this during a time when nursing was in a primitive state and there were virtually no supplies or facilities required to do the task properly. Most of the 38 nurses enlisted to go with her to Turkey were dismissed, and a few of them died.
As I keep saying here, in general, people would do well to research the lives of people they have only vaguely heard about, people whose names have become legendary, but whose works have been largely trivialized or forgotten. The activities director at the Assisted Living facility I work at thought Florence Nightingale was a famous singer. Some people think of her as a fictional character!
I hope more people add to this thread...
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