Christy Russell Hooks

HEY, MY FRIEND, SORRY AGAIN IT HAS TOOK SO LONG, AGAIN NO EXCUSES. WELL I AM ACTUALLY WORKING BACK UP AT THE REHAB, (AS A STAFF NURSE), ONLY 3 NIGHTS A WEEK, NOT LIKE THE HOURS WE HAD OR THE RESPONSIBILITY, AND I HOPE NOT TO BE PERSUADED TO FALL INTO THAT AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO WORK MY 3 NIGHTS AND BE DONE. STILL MISS YOU TERRIBLY. TERRI AND I HAD LUNCH WITH YOUR MOM AND A FRIEND OF HERS THE OTHER DAY, I ENJOYED SEEING HER. SHE STILL MISSES YOU SO. I GUESS THEY SAY TIME HELPS, AND I GUESS IN...

HEY THERE FRIEND, SORRY I HAVENT WRITTEN IN A WHILE, NO EXCUSES, JUST HAVENT. IM STILL JOB HUNTING (KINDA) HA. JUST NOT TOO MOTIVATED FOR SOME REASON!!!!IM STILL HAVING A FEW HEALTH ISSUES AND JUST NOT UP TO PAR. I WENT BY THE CEMETARY THE OTHER DAY, STILL NOT BELIEVING YOU ARE GONE. I HAVE SEVERAL OF YOUR PICTURES IN MY GOLF ROOM, AND I LOOK AT THEM OFTEN , JUST IN DISBELIEF, STILL. TERRI GAVE ME A COPY OF ONE OF YALL TOGETHER IN YOUR SCRUBS, PROBABLY IN ER, AND IT IS SO GOOD. SHE HAS HER...

HEY THERE , MY FRIEND. I ACTUALLY WROTE TO YOU LAST NIGHT, BUT I TRIED TO CORRECT A WORD(MY SPELLING ), AND IT ERASED THE WHOLE THING. SO , LET ME JUST START OVER. FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. (DO I SOUND LIKE SCROOGE) HA, I HOPE NOT. WE MADE SURE THAT YOUR MOM AND JEFFEREY WERE INVITED TO TERRI"S, BUT JEAN SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HER BROTHER-IN-LAWS, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERENT ALONE!. WE SPENT SOME LONELY MOMENTS, REMEMBERING HOW SPECIAL XMAS WAS TO YOU AND NATE AND HIS...

I worked with Christy at BMMC when I first started in ICU. She was in ER at the time, but later came and joined us in ICU for a change of pace from ER. She was a great nurse, mentor and friend to me. She was a seasoned nurse and I was not, and she would help me do anything, and always with a smile on her face. One of the things that I always admired about Christy was her ability to remain calm, cool and collected in the midst of a crisis situation. I always wanted to be the kind of nurse that...

HEY THERE, SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE YOU ON EVERYTHING, JUST BUSY, IM SURE YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS!!!! HOLIDAYS HERE, TODAY I LOST ANOTHER DEAR CLOSE FRIEND, JEANY CRAWFORD, SOMEONE I HAVE GOLFED WITH FOR YEARS, AND WORKED WITH HER HUSBAND LUKE CRAWFORD(A GERIATRIC PHYCHIATRIST. SHE WAS CLOSE TO 50, I BELIEVE, AND HAS HAD BREAST CANCER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. HEY, CHRISTY, I HAVE A GREAT IDEA, LOOK JEANY UP AND YOU AND SHE CAN PLAY SOME GOLF, TELL HER I SAID TO TEACH YOU!!! I STILL MISS...

HEY THERE, SORRY I DIDNT GET AROUND TO DOING THIS YESTERDAY, BUT SUNDAYS ARE ALWAYS BUSY SEEMS LIKE. HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!! I DIDNT REALIZE THAT UNTIL TERRI TOLD ME THAT AT CHURCH YESTERDAY MORNING. HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF THE GIRLS AND YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLY LONELY DAY FOR YOUR MOM AND NATE AND JEFFERY YESTERDAY. I KNOW TIME IS SUPPOSE TO HELP(SO THEY SAY), SO WE ARE ALL STILL WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.TERRI IS DOING GREAT! HER...

HEY CHRISTY. SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU. ALL WENT WELL WITH TERRI'S HIP REPLACEMENT. DR BARNES SAID IT COULDNT HAVE WENT BETTER. HOPEFULLY MAYBE A WEEK OR SO MORE AND DOWN GOES THE WALKER. DEWAYNE, NATE , JARED, AND YOUR MOM AND JEFFERY ALL WENT TO VISIT HER. I THINK THEY ALL GOT A GOOD LAUGH AT HER, SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOME MAJOR DRUGS! HA. ANYWAY , SHE IS DOING GREAT. I AM NOW A PAST EMPLOYEE OF THE GREAT HEALTHSOUTH, ALONG WITH PAM, AND JAN, AND A FEW...

I went to elementary school with Christy at Lynch Drive and lived around the block from her and her family up until about the 7th grade. Christy was such a sweet and kindhearted person that ALWAYS wore a smile...that is the way I will always remember her. May God bless her family and friends as He welcomes his newest angel into Heaven!

Dearest Christy...I'm looking at your picture at this very moment. Your smile radiates like sunshine. Yesterday was the 22nd...an especially hard day...Nathan found several notes you had written, and one of the notes was where you had written both of your names and the names of the children you had hoped to have one day. Nathan keeps saying, "I want her back. What am I going to do without her? She was my life." There is nothing we can say or do to change what has happened. I keep...