Greg Sinclair
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1/20/2007 6:57:15 PM
What 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 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, 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. 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.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best
of everything; they just make the best of everything
they have.
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