Welcome to the Empire City, [MELANIE WOLFE]. We hope you are finding everything okay because we know that this city can be difficult to explore. We heard that you are a/an [FORTY] year old who is a/an [NURSE] and identifies as [SHE/HER], is that true? If so it totally makes sense since people would associate [SAFE PLACE TO LAND BY SARA BAREILLES] with you. You’ve been here since [TEN YEARS] and nobody has told you that you look exactly like [HILARIE BURTON]?!
Since Melanie was young she always kept to herself, she always felt more comfortable with her own company. She loved to take the time to learn and understand as much of the world as she could. If there was a chance to step out of her shell or step back and observe she’d always chose that latter. Although it wasn't long where she no longer had a choice. When her parents gradually weren't around for and her siblings. It'd started as an evening to a few days at a time to a week. But Melanie filled the role of caretaker quite naturally, taking care of her parents when they were around and her siblings.
Of course there were the good and bad times, but she stood strong through all of it. But standing strong took a lot of time and energy, barley leaving her any time for herself. It almost felt like if she kept working, she'd find a way to fix it. She made promises to her siblings that things would be okay and there was no way she'd go back on her word. Her care for others even extended past her siblings, it was everyone around her. She would take people in who needed her, over the years she'd become a fierce protector.
It wasn't until finishing high school that she realized she had to make decisions for herself. Melanie had to figure out what the next steps would be, what jobs she'd have to take or even what career to pursue. There were so many odd jobs she had over the years to pay the bills. She already had ideas of what places could give her more hours. Setting the goal to help get her siblings to get through high school. It was a few years after high school that she finally found her calling, nursing.
And when the time was right she took the chance to follow her passion. She applied for several scholarships, scraped up any savings she had and hit the ground running. And less than ten years later she is in her dream career, a registered nurse who was working on her masters. It felt like she finally made it, made all her goals a reality. Although after that sparkle wore down she realized she was in her mid thirties and she couldn't remember the last time she felt like she could make choices for her own benefit. It was like a overnight change for her, she stepped out of her shell. She put herself out there, she learned how to stand up for herself and defend herself.
But what she never prepared herself for was to meet someone that turned her whole world upside down. Someone who not only tested her but showed her she didn't have to carry the world on her shoulders. She didn't need to do everything by herself, she could be taken care of as well. Now here she is six years later and married with a child. Finally trying to correct all of the mistakes her parents made and leave a better impression on the world around her.
