Elena, Unfaithful by Jonathan Nzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4 Interpretation of a story by Gloria Broder en-us 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC 2025-10-23 03:37:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/290100318/f841df6412b22d321b341e367edb6578/image005.png His daughter Eva stops him as he enters the dining room. She informs him of the news he already knew, subconsciously. jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630677 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630677 When he goes downstairs, he finds the doors barricaded and the children counting silver jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630678 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630678 Make a difference. jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630679 I started a nonprofit organization called Afya (Health) international ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630679 The children are not happy. jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630680 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630680 Once the family is gathered, Alexei elaborates that Elena has not only gone shopping, but that she has taken a lover jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630681 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630681 Alexei's four children, Arianne, Ilya, Eva, and Katya then come to pay him a house visit jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630683 Alexei is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630683 It was my dream to become a doctor. jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630684 I was in an afterschool program that required me to introduce myself 3 x per week as a future doctor. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630684 Alexei refuses to cope with his grief over the loss of his wife jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630685 Instead, he distracts himself with stories he makes up about her.]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630685 His grown children resent him jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630686 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630686 Too bad, because Elena dies two days later jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630687 Alexei has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them. They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630687 Healthcare Needs jnzoma https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630688 My family has been in healthcare for over 40 years. My mother was recruited from Kenya in East Africa to help meet the need for registered nurses in the United States. She and my father, a pharmacist worked in the health field for many years. 
I grew up visiting at Hutzel hospital in Detroit, MI and that got me interested in medicine. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jnzoma/utelkv9hotz4/wish/260630688