Is Our Skin the Same Color As Our Heart, Actions, Organs, Blood, Love, Kindness? Etc

Annelise Lords
ILLUMINATION
Published in
7 min readNov 29, 2023

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Does it matter who donates the blood that will save your life? Or the kidney, heart, or any organ you need to prolong your life?

Is your skin the same color as your heart? Image by Annelise Lords

I moved next door to Charmaine Clarke, lovingly called Charm when she was four years old. I watched her grow into a kind young lady helping everyone in our community. Because she was so kind, even as a child, her friends and family would often tease, “You use your charm to heal and help others.”

She was encouraged to be a nurse because of her caring and loving personality. Charmaine enjoyed helping everyone. She studied hard with the help of her community in high school and did well. Her mom couldn’t afford college, but she worked and went to school. It took her longer, but she got her dream. Five years later, she was recruited to work as a Pediatric Nurse in England.

It was the happiest day of her life and her family, friends, and community were happy for her too. That was her calling, many people said.

She was sad to leave everyone she knew, to go thousands of miles away where she knew no one, but this opportunity she was encouraged to take.

She worked long hours at the hospital in London to keep herself busy since she had no family and friends in England.

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