title: The cathedral within.
abstract: Few nurses get excited about working on Christmas. As dedicated as we are to our patients and coworkers, we yearn to be home for the holiday. Yet, as so often happens in nursing, we receive unexpected blessings when we answer the call to duty, as this nurse's story shows.
authors.forename: LeAnn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thieman
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002835:Christianity; D004645:Empathy; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations