Today since early this morning...news hasn't been good...I have been crying since I went to bed last night/early this mornin'...up early to be sure daughter was out of here to get back to Vegas for work...immediately heard Carrie's song in a video and posted...so heart warming but yet sad...
When I realized I hadn't heard from daughter that she got back to Vegas ok, I noticed I didn't have my cell fone out in the living room with me so I went and retrieved it from the bedroom...Tamra had called and also left voice mail but I also had a text from a niece sending an early much luv'd Valentine greeting...:D
I called Tamra not realizing there was a voice mail til she told me...her friend's brother passed away a couple days ago...I asked her to tell him and his family my prayers are with them all...
It has been pretty much one of them days for crying...my aunt Evvy sent me an email thinking she was trying to cheer me up...here it is:
How to Dance in the Rain
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.
I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, 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 this morning, as he was in such 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 and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.
As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit 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 still know who she is.'
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,
'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'
True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. This one I thought I could share with you.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did.
'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.'
I got on to check my email before getting on FB and found a reply back from aunt Evvy that I had sent to her saying thank you for sending "How to Dance in the Rain"...her sister, my aunt Claudine passed away this mornin' supposedly from a massive heart attack...no arrangements yet...I replied back sending my condolences and that my prayers were with them all...sort of reminiscing on the fact that her dad, my gpa passed away on my b-day in the same month and then gma on same day but in June...now my aunt Claudine in this same month...too many are passing in our families on both sides especially since last year...and now it's continuing into this year...oh my oh my oh my....I hope that Carrie's video on FB, Myspace, and here gives some solace to those who are in need...
My prayers and luv are with elf...eryone...<3 <3 <3 <3
