medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Sarah Banks Friday, May 10, 2024 Origin Story by Sarah Banks Emily reflects on her reasons for becoming a nurse, and searches for meaning in her job. I push morphine to pay my mortgage. The thought had bobbed around Emily's mind more than once, but it settled there this morning - the first time it showed enough gumption to stake out its own space. There were two milligrams of morphine in each milliliter of saline, and she pushed the colorless solution … Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Sarah Banks 12 comments: