The Rain. Posted on 23rd May 2010, 11:11pm by Sylvester

With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. “It was a busy morning, about 8:30 am, 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 got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While doing this, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment that 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 my 
tears as he left. I had goose bumps on my arms, 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 a 
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.”

‘Life isn’t about 
how to survive the storm, but learning how to dance in the rain.’ -Vivian Greene