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    "ocrText": "-2-\nI can well imagine that you have your han full and are find-\ning numberless opportunities to put your training and skill to work for\nthe benefit of the people and I am sure they are all taking advantage of\nyour presence and are giving you a cordial welcome. I met one of the\nRed Cross workers from that neighborhood the other day (whose name I\ndon't recall) and he spoke most highly of the work you are doinge\nI em awfully glad that the doctors appreciate your work and have\nbeen so sympathetic and helpful. I can't imagine their not apprecisting\nit if they are well trained men.\nThe amount of work you are doing seems to me most appalling.\nI can realize of course that you the so much more to do than you can possibly\naccomplish that you are constantly tempted to over-do and get discouraged\nbecause you cannot do it all but you must not try to do it all. You must\nlearn to say \"no\" and to undertake only what you can accomplish without\nover-strain. It is not wise in the long run to do anything else and will\nnot really be for the good of the community. Your idea of teaching some\nreliable member of the family seems to me especially good as then you are\ntraining them to some knowledge of decent living and rudimentary nursing\ncare as well as taking care of the sick person and undoubtedly under your\ntutelage the family will learn much. Perhaps more because they have to\ndo some of the work themselves than they would if you did it all for them.\nI am immensely proud of you and your work and shall always be\nmost interested. Do let me hear from you from time to time. I em sure\nyou will find Miss Jackson, our new Lake Division Assistant for Kentucky,\nmost helpful as she knows the Kentucky mountains and the Kentucky moun-\ntaineers very well.\nWishing you a Merry Christmas, I am\nAffectionately yours,\nDirector\nFX/MDI\nRed. Cross Bureau of Public Health Nursing"
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