When I teach, which is as often as I can, I go around and ask everyone in the room why they went into long-term care. But I believe we can be light, and I believe we can spread goodness and love and kindness. So regarding me, like the old hymn goes, “This little light of mine, I’m gonna’ let it shine.”And maybe the light will overtake the darkness. Vance is a real-life long-term care nurse. The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors.