[Starbuck]

I was very fortunate to have a very nurturing mother growing up; she was a great role model, I just wish I could have followed her lead a little better with my own son.

Other than that, I've always been a nurturer, trying to take care of people and pets. My mom has been sick my whole life and I basically grew up learning from an early age how to be sensitive to someone else's needs. I think that's part of the reason I grew up to become a nurse, it just kind of fit my personality.

Now on the other hand, accepting nurturing I think was a difficult thing for me to learn because my parents relied on me so much to help take care of my little brother when my mom was in the hospital so frequently...I had to be the tough one, I had to keep a stoic front for others to see. You get used to being tough; people begin to expect if from you. Then, you begin to expect it from yourself.