| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 8:10:57 PM | I received this in an email....There's no way I would have the heart to delete it....I think you'll probably all agree.....It's beautiful
Kk
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. | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 8:56:44 PM | If any of you folks know something about this story that I don't know, I'd love to give the correct person credit. I just received it from a friend, in an email and thought it was so touching that I posted it. I certainly don't want to be arrested by the blogging police...
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 9:04:27 PM | You people sure know how to make a grown man ball his eyes out..Now I'm going to get a cold..I should know better than to read these things.. | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 9:22:21 PM | But, Byrd...do you have ANY idea how sexy a real woman thinks a grown man who cries is?
I know there's something wrong with that sentence structure, but hell..it's late and ya'll know what I mean!
Thanks for showing us something we all should already know...grown men DO have feelings.
Fondly,
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 10:11:17 PM | Chapter 1, I tried to message you but I can't....I located Nicholas Sparks but haven't found this particular story. If you know for a fact that he's the author, I'd like to give him credit. It's so beautiful that he deserves the credit....It looks like he's written a lot of other stories I'd enjoy reading, too.
sara....I just knew this would touch the hearts of anyone who has ever had anything to do with aging people. Too often all the sweet memories seem to fade and disappear....
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 10:18:46 PM | | Its both a book called the Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and also a movie titled the same that came out only a few years ago. I guarantee you blockbuster has it...or even walmart. it was a popular flick. The movie has a different ending then the book, so read the book first. i know you will enjoy this...alot. | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 11:16:18 PM | Thanks so much bloodtrip (I'm afraid to even ask how ya chose THAT name?)
I'll go check it out....I know what you mean by the differences between the books and the movies...I have strict orders from my grand daughter to read the Harry Potter books before we went to the movies. (So what's new...Hollywood will be Hollywood!)
Fondly,
KK
luvsouth...You're quite welcome...I knew it was a winner the minute I saw it.... | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/20/2008 11:28:39 PM | re: the Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
I thought the book was better than the movie.
About half way through the book,
I was wiping my moist eyes with a handkerchief.
By the last chapter,
I was soaking up the flood of tears with a kitchen towel. | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/21/2008 12:34:15 AM | Oh that was so lovely.
It might be a "story" but we know that sort of love and endurance does happen and that there are many, many people who love their spouses so much that they do this every day.
Thank you for sharing
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/21/2008 9:15:55 AM | Well, MR NICHOLAS SPARKS, we all thank YOU. Sorry I wasn't acquainted with you earlier.....but, it looks like I better catch up on some reading.
(She backs out the door, trying to figure out how she can read and knit at the same time)
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/21/2008 1:57:53 PM | if you're a theater person, there's another good story to be found in the play All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Ernest Zulia and Robert Fulghum.
it's a quick skit within the play about an Alzheimer's patient who starts saying Merry Christmas to everyone....but at the wrong time of year. his wife phones their adult daughters in dismay, wondering what to do about it. the daughters soon show up, bearing Christmas gifts (in july) and they put up the Christmas tree. sadness turns to Christmas joy and they share an extra Christmas with their delighted father
not a bad idea. i just got off work and beat. i'd LOVE for someone to smile at me, humor me, hand me a little present, and say Merry Christmas! even if it's may | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/21/2008 5:01:58 PM | [True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.]
OP, could not have said it better...too bad it sometimes takes some of us so long to learn this lesson. | |
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| THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP - Author Unknown
Posted: 5/22/2008 9:34:33 AM | Folks, I love your responses. I keep checking in and enjoy what I'm reading.
I know about Robert Fulgham and "All I Need to Know......and, I highly recommend it.
Merry Christmas everyone....(and, this is coming from a Jew!)
Fondly,
KK | |
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