Warrior Princess

You know those warrior princesses that are both strong and beautiful? With long sweeping dark hair and powers to right things that are wrong in the world? My best friend Rehab is one of them. Her power isn’t flying, although she drives as if she can. It isn’t the use of a signature weapon, although she wields tools that serve her well in battles. She has special powers to save people in the ER. 

She’s a warrior, battling each day for life. With her husband deployed to the Middle East weeks before our own country went into lockdown and just now recently returned, Rey has been on the battlefield back home, donning whatever PPE is available, and waging war with an unseen virus attacking her friends and neighbors. After daily combat, the princess returns home to parent two toddlers, praying each day that their own superheroes will continue to care for them while she fights on the front lines. She even shielded her children when the opponent attacked her and brought the battleground into her own home.  

Rey heads into combat each long day, fighting to save all of our loved ones. She knows that one lost battle can’t mean the end of the war. And each day she returns to the battlefield and will continue until we–all in the battle together—win this war. ar. And each day she returns to the battlefield and will continue until we–all in the battle together—win this war. 

Shelley Lester