The Call

Offered in Remembrance of Our Fellow Nurse and Brother, Alex Peretti.

The Call

As a nurses,we hear the call long before it is spoken.

We feel it settle in the body—steady, insistent, asking us to show up.

We learn to quiet our fear, to set aside what trembles, and do what must be done.

Not because it is easy, but because care is who we are.

This calling reaches beyond profession.It lives in our hands,our vigilance,our willingness to stand in the hardest moments, and remain.

I watched a fellow nurse, in his final moments,tend to another human being—offering presence, protection, and care—and in doing so, give his life in service to another.

In that moment,we were reminded of a truth older than any title or role: we belong to one another.

Let our collective call—to support, to protect, to care for each other—be the testament to his greatest sacrifice.

Let us honor him not only in words, but in action.

With love and solidarity to the family of Brother Peretti, to Minneapolis, to this nation, and to the world—as we move together through our shared grief and our collective healing.

Fusatsu, Apriel JessupSearcy