Describe a time when you had to think quickly to respond to a delicate situation.

Doris Mady – When I was 16 years old, my father, a brittle diabetic (a type of diabetes characterized by extreme and unpredictable fluctuations in blood sugar levels), went into shock. It was a holiday weekend and EMT’s weren’t as available as today.

I don’t remember the circumstances exactly as to why my 17-year old boyfriend and I put him in my dad’s car, but we took him the emergency room at our nearby hospital. (We were driving illegally since you needed to be 18 to drive in NY.) The ER wasn’t ready to believe my diagnosis…after all, I was a woman and “child” but I insisted on getting results. He got admitted. Later, an older doctor who I hadn’t even met came to tell me that if I came 20 minutes later my father would have died.

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Deb Weir — I was walking up Lexington Avenue when I saw a man abusing a boy who appeared to be about eight years old. I stepped between them. The man looked at me in shock while the quick-witted child ran away. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him turn down a side street and out of sight. I left before the man regained control. 

November Theme:

How do you approach a creative project from scratch?