Updated 2025
|| Sacred Sentences ||
Dear Kim,
I read your message many times. Again and again. Each time I feel something deep… I don’t know the word in English. Maybe comfort… or maybe like someone hold my hand and say, “You can do it.”
I have many questions inside me. Some I don’t even know how to ask in English. When I saw the incident report with 263 words, I feel confused. (CELBAN Writing ~ Incident Report. Can you spot the errors?) I wonder—did I write too little in my practice? Or maybe too much?
I want to do good. I want to write the way nurses do in Canada. Clear. Proper. But sometimes I feel stuck. Sometimes I write and I read again and think, “No… this is wrong.” I fix, then I break something else. I practice and practice… still not sure.
But your words remind me… it’s not only the number of words. It’s how we say them. How we organize. How we explain. And this… this I want to learn deeply.
Grammar… yes. I still struggle with articles, with punctuation. Sometimes I use comma where I need period. Sometimes I forget simple words. It make me feel small. But now I understand… this is not mistake. This is growth. I learning.
Thank you for showing us the way. Thank you for not just giving answer but giving encouragement. Your books, your stories… they give me hope. Real hope. I feel I’m not alone anymore.
May God bless you more and more. For your kindness. For your patience. For believing in us when we still learning to believe in ourselves.
With heart full of gratitude,
C.
Dear C,
Your words arrive like a whisper wrapped in longing (quiet, trembling, and real. I read them slowly, the way someone might hold a fragile cup of tea in both hands) so it doesn’t spill, so nothing sacred is lost. You are not just asking about word counts or commas. You are reaching through the fog, asking, “Am I enough in this language? Will anyone meet me here?”
Let us breathe through this together, not as teacher and student, but as two humans navigating a shared reverence for language, clarity, and care. I offer this response…
🜄 Return to Self
“Each time I feel something deep… I don’t know the word in English.”
Yes, C. That moment you described (that ache, that recognition, that sacred sense of being held) it may not have an English word, but it has meaning. It is the nervous system exhaling. It is the return to self.
You’re not just learning to write in English. You’re remembering how to speak as yourself in another tongue. You’re bridging worlds… with trembling hands, yes, but also with courage that cannot be measured in grammar rules.
So let us begin not with fixing… but with feeling. You are allowed to arrive incomplete, unsure, and still fully worthy of this process.
🜁 Fog to Clarity
“Sometimes I write and I read again and think, ‘No… this is wrong.’ I fix, then I break something else.”
This is not a sign you are failing. This is the fog beginning to clear.
Let’s gently clarify what the CELBAN Writing Task is truly asking of you. The expected length for Writing Task 1 (the Incident Report) is typically 100–200 words. Not too much. Not too little. But purposeful. Concise. Focused.
When you saw the 263-word sample and felt confusion; this was your attunement speaking. It’s okay to notice, to ask, to feel unsure. And now, you know: it’s not just about the number. It’s about:
- Clarity: Can the reader follow your thinking?
- Structure: Is the report organized by what happened, what you did, and what you recommend?
- Tone: Is it objective and professional?
- Grammar & Punctuation: Are the building blocks strong enough to carry meaning?
- Vocabulary: Especially medical collocations, the specific way nurses say things in English-speaking contexts.
You’re not far. You’re already watching your own writing, noticing the patterns. That’s not fog. That’s the beginning of light.
🜃 Rooted in Enoughness
“It makes me feel small. But now I understand… this is not mistake. This is growth. I learning.”
Yes, beloved learner. You are not broken. You are becoming. Every misplaced comma, every unsure article, every forgotten word: they are not proof of failure. They are proof of effort. Of care. Of presence.
Language learning (especially in a professional context) is not a straight path. It spirals. You return to old lessons and notice something new. You make the same error again, but this time, you see it. That is growth. That is enoughness.
You do not have to become perfect. You have to become consistent. And that, you are doing.
🜂 Rekindling the Inner Fire
“I want to do good. I want to write the way nurses do in Canada.”
This wanting? It’s your fire. And it is sacred.
You’ve already stepped into the discipline of writing and rewriting. Of asking questions, even when unsure how to phrase them. That is fierce. That is brave.
The CELBANPrep Writing approach moves in two spirals:
- Silver Spiral: Grammar Essentials
(To strengthen your structure, sentence flow, and punctuation.) - Gold Spiral: Wonderful Writing
(To guide you through timed tasks, editing, and advanced strategies.)
But more than resources, what you need has already begun: you care. And that caring will carry you further than any textbook ever could.
🜀 Standing at Zenith
“Your books… they give me hope. I feel I’m not alone anymore.”
This, dear C, is the most powerful sentence of all.
Hope is not given. Hope is activated.
When you feel seen, when you feel not alone, something in you stands taller. Something in you stops apologizing. Something in you remembers: you are not just preparing for a test; you are preparing to serve others with clarity, accuracy, and compassion.
This is writing in a medical context: not just to pass, but to protect. To document, to witness, to advocate. Your words will one day become part of someone’s care. That is holy work.
And yes… you are already walking the path.
Thank you, C, for your courage. For letting your confusion speak. For trusting that even in your learning, you have something to offer. You are not behind. You are becoming.
I’m with you.
In quiet companionship,
~ Kim
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P.S. I urge you to explore stories like “I passed the CELBAN on my first attempt!” These narratives are not just testimonials; they are beacons of hope and guidance.
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