Re: Food for Thought... Have you seen it?

Very touching story.  With all the time I have been in nursing homes recently
with my mother surgeries, there are many that come daily... and others that
never seem to get any visitors. 
 
There is a former patient that comes every Sat night with donuts for
everyone.  From what I understand, he has been doing that over a year now. 
For many, that is their only visitor.  How sad.
 
Donna


--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net> wrote:

From: Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net>
Subject: [CHAT] Food for Thought... Have you seen it?
To: "Carmel Akins" <carmakins@hotmail.com>, "Kayla Bunger"
<kbunger@earthlink.net>, "Kristin Hatton" <mandkhatton@comcast.net>, "Cassie
Carpenter" <cassiecarpenter@gmail.com>, gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 6:45 AM

Received this from someone who I never expected would consider this
important..... Tried to send this once. Don't think you received it .
Am trying again.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b


>
>
>
>    How to Dance in the Rain
>
>  It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman
> 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 be 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.
> 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in
the
> rain
>
>   Do not worry about tomorrow,
>  for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.
>  Today's trouble is enough for today.
>
>
>
>

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

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