💔 Quita Tired—And She Never Woke Up

Quita Cole

💔 Quita Tired—And She Never Woke Up

July 1 2025

What Happens When Black Women Don’t Rest

Quita Cole.Entrepreneur. Black woman. Working 7 days a week.She posted, “Quita tired.”She laid down for a nap—and never woke up.

Her story isn’t an outlier.It’s a warning.

🧠 Let’s Talk About Cortisol, Career, and the Call of God

High-functioning women—especially Black women and nurses—are told we can rest after:

• After this shift

• After this charting

• After this trip

• After we prove our value

But chronic stress isn’t just emotional. It’s biochemical.

📉 Cortisol, your stress hormone, rises with every code, every double shift, every skipped meal, every “I’m fine.”

Too much cortisol for too long?It doesn’t just cause fatigue.It triggers:

• Brain fog

• Immune dysfunction

• Heart failure

• Sudden death

Quita didn’t just die in her sleep.She died in a system that equates exhaustion with excellence.

✝️ Come Unto Me… All Ye Who Labor

You can’t pray for strength and then ignore God when He says rest.

“Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest for your souls.” – Matthew 11:28

Rest isn’t a luxury.It’s a command.

Some of us don’t even know what rest feels like.We mistake numbness for peace.We call being unavailable boundaries, when really—we’re avoiding surrender.

🧮 Nurse Math Will Kill You

You know the math.

• One more shift = that bag

• One more patient = that bonus

• One more favor = that manager’s approval

But what does it cost you?

• Your memory?

• Your gut health?

• Your marriage?

• Your life?

If you’re calculating how long you can survive—instead of planning how you’ll recover—you’re already in danger.

✊🏾 The Call to Rest Isn’t Lazy. It’s Revolutionary.

Are you feeling ike: Quita Tired—And She Never Woke Up At Glennae’s RX for Life, we don’t just give nurses time off—we give them a plan.

Our 11 Nurse Assurances help you:

• Rest, with a protocol

• Recover, with protection

• Return, with purpose

• And live, with justice

Because nurses can’t care for others until they stop dying for a system that won’t protect them.

📥 Download the 11 Nurse Assurances today And find what Quita was asking for: rest for your soul.