True Love

True love

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.


With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there are some that come along that have an important message, and this is one of those kind. Just had to share it with you all. regards sunkan

HI Sunkan,
I suggest that we start a seperate section ..posts and forwards by Sunkan...u go digging everywhere & come up with precious treasures..thanx for sharing!!!

Thanks Sunkan for sharing.Really touching.

Meenakshi Rajan

Originally Posted by arch174

HI Sunkan,
I suggest that we start a seperate section ..posts and forwards by Sunkan...u go digging everywhere & come up with precious treasures..thanx for sharing!!!

arch i love ur observation, ya true in fact planning to write an article on forwards and how true they are, u cannot neglect it just because it has come as a forward, i enjoy the visuals and save a lot due to the high resolution in pictures which we never get in the search engines of google.

some forwards are worth reading and sharing, so many health tips, i also go in search of them, because sometime u get so many useless ones, that day u feel sahara, then as i search i find something really good i bring it here, just to hear those words from you all. it gives me the trophy to my search thanks pal sunkan

Originally Posted by meenakshirajan

Thanks Sunkan for sharing.Really touching.

Meenakshi Rajan

dear meena, thanku so much for dropping in here, a good feed back is a good buckup for me...sunkan