"I STILL KNOW WHO SHE IS."
Few days ago, while going through my daily devotional prayer book, I was so blessed to have read this inspiring story. It's TRUE LOVE inspired. I decided to share it with you. Please read and be blessed.
It was a busy morning, about 8:30am, when an elderly man in his 80's arrived to have stiches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone will be able to see him.
I saw him looking at his watch and decided that since that I wasn't busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On examining it, I found out that it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors and got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.
While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment that morning, as he was such in a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while as she was a victim of Alzheimer's disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset that he would be late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
I was surprised and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?' He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me but I know who she is."
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm and thoughts, 'that is the kind of love I want in my life.
In life, you might not have the best of everything but you will have to make the best of everything. Love is not all about romantic feelings, it goes ways beyond that. With love in your heart you can withstand any negative circumstance that ever surfaces. You will find a way to surely conquer your fears.
My prayer for us is that as we grow everyday, may we learn also and may love always reign in our heart and homes..
Few days ago, while going through my daily devotional prayer book, I was so blessed to have read this inspiring story. It's TRUE LOVE inspired. I decided to share it with you. Please read and be blessed.
It was a busy morning, about 8:30am, when an elderly man in his 80's arrived to have stiches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone will be able to see him.
I saw him looking at his watch and decided that since that I wasn't busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On examining it, I found out that it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors and got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.
While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment that morning, as he was such in a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while as she was a victim of Alzheimer's disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset that he would be late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
I was surprised and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?' He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me but I know who she is."
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm and thoughts, 'that is the kind of love I want in my life.
In life, you might not have the best of everything but you will have to make the best of everything. Love is not all about romantic feelings, it goes ways beyond that. With love in your heart you can withstand any negative circumstance that ever surfaces. You will find a way to surely conquer your fears.
My prayer for us is that as we grow everyday, may we learn also and may love always reign in our heart and homes..
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