title: Mint On The Pillow: A Nurse's Story
author: Jo-Ann Irwin Crawley
description: Jo-Ann Crawley been an RN for 43 years and has worked in 7 states and the U.S. Military, in a number of specialized fields. It has been her passion to make a difference in the delivery of health care, to give 150% and encourage others to do the same. It has not been an easy journey, as those who have the power to make things better are often dedicated only to preserving the status quo. Nevertheless, Jo-Ann is grateful for the challenge and the struggle. She lives in North Georgia where she enjoys her husband, her dog, and her church family. She's a second degree black belt in TaeKwonDo, and often travel to tournaments to compete.
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  # Pollyanna
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Eleanor H. Porter
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
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  ### CHAPTER I. MISS POLLY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Miss Polly Harrington entered her kitchen a little hurriedly this
  
  
  June morning. Miss Polly did not usually make hurried movements;
  
  
  she specially prided herself on her repose of manner. But to-day
  
  
  she was hurrying--actually hurrying.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Nancy, washing dishes at the sink, looked up in surprise. Nancy
  
  
  had been working in Miss Polly's kitchen only two months, but
  
  
  already she knew that her mistress did not usually hurry.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  "Nancy!"
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  "Yes, ma'am." Nancy answered cheerfully, but she still continued
  
  
  wiping the pitcher in her hand.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  "Nancy,"--Miss Polly's voice was very stern now--"when I'm
  
  
  talking to you, I wish you to stop your work and listen to what I
  
  
  have to say."
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Nancy flushed miserably