I wish I could say that hearing her childhood story was unusual, or in any way surprising. It was too commonplace, too normal to even shock me anymore. I had asked a simple conversation-starting question. But underneath it was an ignorant assumption. “Had you always wanted to be a nurse?” I asked. She proceeded to tell me that … [Read more...] about The luxury of choice
Shannon Brink
Shannon and her husband are from Langley, B.C. but live and serve as missionaries with SIM in Malawi, East Africa in a missions hospital. She has been a nurse for over 12 years, has 4 homeschooling children, and is trying to publish her first book.