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A Story of True Love and Acceptance
This is what True Love is all about:
It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 a.m., when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that 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 look 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, we began to engage in conversation. 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 then 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.
Gifting a Homeless Man A Little Something He “Dropped”
He was a man I assumed to be homeless, because in the freezing Michigan winter, you could spot him on his bike, with a few small bags of cans, braving the icy weather to stop at the store. The thing that set him apart from the few other homeless in our area, were his dogs. He had two big, meek, but beautiful dogs that accompanied him everywhere he went. I noticed this, and thought, what a good man, to care for those dogs, even when he has trouble caring for himself. The dogs were not malnourished, or beaten down looking, though clearly they hated the below freezing temps as much as he did. One day, I had an extra 12 dollars, and I stalked him a bit, as he noticed my car, and clearly not knowing me, got skittish. I managed to corner him in a parking lot, and told him he had dropped this, and I handed him the 12 dollars. At first he began to debate it, but I insisted that he had dropped it off the back of his bike. I then told him he was doing a great thing caring for those dogs.I will