Goodbye Miss T.
Fifty years ago on June 2nd, 1975, I walked about a mile and a half uphill in the avenues of Salt Lake City to my first interview as an RN, at Primary Children's medical center. I was wearing a lime green pantsuit that my sister had lent me . It was June and really hot and I wasn't used to the dry heat with no humidity. It was quite a walk. I didn't have a car and didn't know the bus system. The views of the mountains, though were something I hadn't ever seen before. My nursing graduation picture. I wore this cap for about 6 months. I had impulsively moved to Salt Lake City after my college graduation in Michigan. Why? Probably because my mom said I would never move that far from home and my ex boyfriend said he hoped I broke my leg. Looking back, that was a really brave move for someone like me who had never been west of Minnesota. My friends told me that I wouldn't get a job in Utah ...