As a young child, I can recall sitting and chatting with friends who were going through a rough time or volunteering at various fund raisers, where I hoped my presence would help the lives of others in some way, shape or form. I suppose this is why I'd always wanted to pursue a nursing career, which I did. However, the chronic illness I'd battled my entire life put an end to that, just a few months before I was to graduate. It is one of the few things in my life I never co