(27 APR 2011 --To me LOVE is unconditional -- accepting everything about another - both what is in their Heart and what is not; LOVE is Timeless – crossing boundaries of age and decades; and LOVE is infinite – deeper than any ocean -- its depth reaching to the core of one's Heart.
I found the short story below on the Internet and it touched my heart and made me tear up. If it touches your Heart, share it with someone you care about – a nurse, doctor, caregiver, mother, father, sibling, or friend. dht-2011)
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I Still Know Who She Is
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.
The Nurse 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. The Nurse saw him looking at his watch and, since the Nurse was not busy with another patient, decided to evaluate his wound. On examining it, the Nurse saw it was well healed and talked to one of the other Nurses and got the needed supplies to remove the sutures and redress the wound.
While taking care of the wound, the Nurse asked the elderly gentleman if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, since he was in such a hurry. The gentleman said, no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. The Nurse inquired as to her health and the gentleman told him that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's disease. As they talked, the Nurse asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. The gentleman replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him for five years now.
The Nurse was surprised and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?' The elderly gentlemen smiled as he patted the Nurse's hand and said, 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.' The Nurse had to hold back tears, and had goose bumps, and thought, 'That is the kind of love I want in my life'.
[-Author Unknown]
[-Author Unknown]
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