It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly ihtiyar gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches dikiş removed kaldırmak from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment buluşma at 9:00 am..

I took his vital yaşamsal signs belirti 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 hasta, I would evaluate his wound. On exam muayene, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed lazım olan supplies tedarik etmek to remove his suture dikiş yeri and redress his wound yara.

While taking care of ilgilenmek 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 need ihtiyacı olmak to go to the nursing home huzurevi to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired sormak as to gelince her health.

He told me that she had been there for a while bir süredir and that she was a victim kurban of Alzheimer's Disease hastalık.

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset üzgün if he was a bit late.

He replied karşılık vermek that she no longer artık knew who he was, that she had not recognized tanımak him in five years now.

I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even thoughrağmenshe 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 durdurmak tears gözyaşı as he left, I had goose bumps tüylerin diken diken olması on my arm, and thought,

'That is the kind ofçeşitlove I want in my life.'

True love is neither physical, nor romantic.

True love is an acceptance kabul 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 ortaya çıkmak 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 olabildiğince yararlanmak everything they have. I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did.

'Life isn't about how to survivehayatta kalmakthe storm, But how to dance in the rain.'