I finally decided to donate blood for the first time.
It was a relatively impromptu decision, really. My girlfriend and I saw the Bloodmobile parked outside church, and we decided to stop in after Mass to donate blood.
Find a Bloodmobile near you.
She’s a pro at this, having given blood umpteen times over the years. I, on the other hand, managed to go 35 years with relatively little blood loss (thank goodness) and had yet to donate blood.
She encouraged me to roll up the proverbial sleeve — explaining that the process of giving blood really isn’t that bad, that it’s pretty quick and easy to donate blood, and doing so can help save lives. (She’s a certified nursing assistant, by the way