" Roberta had been a nurse for longer than Mary Dell had been alive. In that time, she had witnessed a hundred times more joy and sorrow than the average person saw in a lifetime. Sometimes it was hard to watch. Sometimes, driving home to go to bed at the hour most people were just getting up, she cried quiet tears for her patients and their families. "

― Marie Bostwick , Between Heaven and Texas (Cobbled Court Quilts, #0)