Text … As time【C1】______by, I was able to work【C2】______my fears. Now I understand that the closest I have ever felt to God is in the back of an ambulance. When I【C3】______to help【C4】______strangers, I am part of something【C5】______than myself. Sometimes I truly【C6】______with someone【C7】______I would never have met【C8】______—as I did with Nellie. One midnight, the AIDS hospice【C9】______help. A colleague and I were【C10】______to a bedroom.【C11】______there was a thin black woman with wild hair. When I was given a【C12】______of her【C13】______history, I thought, this lady【C14】______dead over ten times. She had AIDS, hepatitis and TB. She had had brain surgery. Tonight she had a seizure. 'Hello, I'm Clarissa, are you in pain?' I asked. She replied by cursing【C15】______me. I didn't take【C16】______. When I rode alone with her in the back of the ambulance as another EMT drove, I【C17】______the printout. Nellie was 33 years old. No previous address. No family members. No next of kin. Her whole life as【C18】______here was just a list of medicines,【C19】______and illnesses. one line【C20】______my attention: hobbies. Nellie' s hobbies were sewing and gospel singing. I could not sew, but I loved gospel music. … 【C1】