This was a semester I will never forget. Never in my life did I picture myself in Nursingschool during a pandemic, but here we are. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go into the clinical setting. I am so thankful for that. Most of these people on the unit I was working on, had strokes at some point in their lives and yet all of them were so optimistic about the future. There was this one patient I had who was in her early forties and recently had a stroke. She was one of the most inspirational people I have ever met. She had come so far in her recovery and was determined to recover as best she could. Months prior to me taking care of her, she was unable to feed herself or even get out of bed on her own. She is now able to walk around for the most part on her own and doesn’t need assistance in the bathroom. I realized that most of the people I took care of didn’t necessarily need help figuring out how to do their daily activities as they have somewhat figured how to live their lives as best they can. Almost all the patients I took care of had their strokes years prior so they understood what they needed help with but this one patient was different. She had her stroke this year at such a young age and had a thirteen year old daughter. She wanted to get better as soon as possible for her daughter and felt as though her daughter didn’t deserve to see her own mom like that. I only helped her with her breakfast and I waited for her to come out of the bathroom but it felt as though I helped her so much more. I spent at least 30 minutes talking to her about how she was feeling and what I could do to make it better. She just keep saying how amazing I was to want to help people like her and how it impacted her life. Before her stroke, there weren’t many times that she was sick so she really remembers and is thankful for all the nurses that have taken care of her. Not that I am a nurse yet,but she kept thanking me over and over again for wanting to help people. I felt like all my hard work so far had a purpose and it really solidified why I wanted to go into nursing in the first place. What seems like the smallest thing has such an impact for both my patient and I. I got to help her get ready for the day and I was there for her to vent about how she was feeling. After all she had been through, she was so optimistic and hopeful for the future. Not only did it make me want to become a nurse more but it showed me that I shouldn’t take my life for granted. I am lucky enough to be able to move around and help people who can’t do that as well. I will never forget her. Yes I helped her but I think she helped me more.