CEH Attending Nursing School

That’s awesome!

That’s pretty awesome

A few years ago my (then) 8 year old was having surgery. To say she was a nervous wreck was an understatement. The only people worse off (internally) may have been my wife and I'. When we were called from the waiting room to the prep room my daughter was crying and really scared. The nurse that met us was very kind to my daughter and helped calm her down. I'm sure she could also sense the tension in me and (especially) my wife, so we just made small talk while waiting for the OR nurses to come take my daughter.

We were just talking about kids and the general expenses of parenthood. At some point in the conversation the nurse mentioned she had a daughter in private school and a son that had gone to Catholic High (BR), so she knew the cost of tuition and had to keep on working. Nothing really stood out about the conversation. It was just pleasant small talk.

After she left I was looking at some of the papers they gave us and realized the nurse's last name was "Helaire". Then it dawned on me. Her son who went to Catholic High was Clyde who, by that time, was in the NFL. She could have at any point in the conversation about he son mentioned that he was an NFL player. But she never did. She was just doing the same job she had always done regardless that her son was a millionaire.

Damn, pretty wild that his sister has Muscular Dystrophy and he doesn’t.

Lots Catholic High grads go on to become murses

Get that degree; football only lasts so long.

He won me a playoff game in fantasy football this year.

Guess he didn't get the memo OT hates nurses.

Gotta admire a guy who plans for life after football. Especially as a running back, the league will use you up and spit you out. Too many guys make football their whole life for 20 years and then it's over in their 30s and it's a life crisis to know where to go for the rest of their life.