Short story
Today, my 75-year-old grandpa who has been blind from cataracts for almost 15
years said to me, “Your grandma is just the most beautiful thing, isn’t she?” I
paused for a second and said, “Yes she is. I bet you miss seeing that beauty on
a daily basis.” “Sweety,” my grandpa said, “I still see her beauty every day. In
fact, I see it more now than I used to when we were young.”
Today, I walked my daughter down the aisle. Ten years ago I pulled a 14 year
old boy out of his mom’s fire-engulfed SUV after a serious accident. Doctors
initially said he would never walk again. My daughter came with me several times
to visit him at the hospital. Then she started going on her own. Today, seeing
him defy the odds and smile widely, standing on his own two feet at the altar as
he placed a ring on my daughter’s finger
Today, I walked up to the door of my office (I’m a florist) at 7AM to find a
uniformed Army soldier standing out front waiting. He was on his way to the
airport to go to Afghanistan for a year. He said, “I usually bring home a
bouquet of flowers for my wife every Friday and I don’t want to let her down
when I’m away.” He then placed an order for 52 Friday afternoon deliveries of
flowers to his wife’s office and asked me to schedule one for each week until he
returns. I gave him a 50% discount because it made my day to see something so
sweet.
Today, I told my 18 year old grandson that nobody asked me to prom when I was
in high school, so I didn’t attend. He showed up at my house this evening
dressed in a tuxedo and took me as his date to his prom.
Today, when she woke up from an eleven month coma, she kissed me and
said, “Thank you for being here, and telling me those beautiful stories,
and never giving up on me… And yes, I will marry you.”
Today, I operated on a little girl. She needed O- blood. We didn’t have any,
but her twin brother has O- blood. I explained to him that it was a matter of
life and death. He sat quietly for a moment, and then said goodbye to his
parents. I didn’t think anything of it until after we took his blood and he
asked, “So when will I die?” He thought he was giving his life for hers.
Thankfully, they’ll both be fine.
Today, I have an elderly patient who is suffering from a severe case of
Alzheimer’s. He can rarely remember his own name, and he often forgets where he
is and what he said just a few minutes beforehand. But by the stretch of some
miracle (perhaps the miracle of love), he remembers who is wife is every morning
when she shows up to spend a few hours with him. He usually greets her by
saying, “Hello my beautiful Kate.”
Today, my 21 year old Labrador can barely stand up, can’t see, can’t hear,
and doesn’t have enough strength to bark. But it doesn’t stop her from wagging
her tail a mile a minute every single time I walk into the room.
Today, due to Alzheimer’s and dementia, my grandfather usually can’t remember
who my grandmother is when he wakes up in the morning. It bothered my
grandmother a year ago when it first happened, but now she’s fully supportive of
his condition. In fact, she plays a game every day in which she tries to get my
grandfather to ask her to re-marry him before dinnertime. She hasn’t failed yet.
Today, I am the proud mom of a blind 17-year-old boy. Although my son was
born without his sense of sight, it hasn’t stopped him from being a straight A
student, a guitarist (whose band just surpassed 25,000 downloads of their first
album), and a loving boyfriend to his long-term girlfriend, Valerie. Just today,
his younger sister asked him what he likes about Valerie, and he said,
“Everything. She’s beautiful.”
years said to me, “Your grandma is just the most beautiful thing, isn’t she?” I
paused for a second and said, “Yes she is. I bet you miss seeing that beauty on
a daily basis.” “Sweety,” my grandpa said, “I still see her beauty every day. In
fact, I see it more now than I used to when we were young.”
Today, I walked my daughter down the aisle. Ten years ago I pulled a 14 year
old boy out of his mom’s fire-engulfed SUV after a serious accident. Doctors
initially said he would never walk again. My daughter came with me several times
to visit him at the hospital. Then she started going on her own. Today, seeing
him defy the odds and smile widely, standing on his own two feet at the altar as
he placed a ring on my daughter’s finger
Today, I walked up to the door of my office (I’m a florist) at 7AM to find a
uniformed Army soldier standing out front waiting. He was on his way to the
airport to go to Afghanistan for a year. He said, “I usually bring home a
bouquet of flowers for my wife every Friday and I don’t want to let her down
when I’m away.” He then placed an order for 52 Friday afternoon deliveries of
flowers to his wife’s office and asked me to schedule one for each week until he
returns. I gave him a 50% discount because it made my day to see something so
sweet.
Today, I told my 18 year old grandson that nobody asked me to prom when I was
in high school, so I didn’t attend. He showed up at my house this evening
dressed in a tuxedo and took me as his date to his prom.
Today, when she woke up from an eleven month coma, she kissed me and
said, “Thank you for being here, and telling me those beautiful stories,
and never giving up on me… And yes, I will marry you.”
Today, I operated on a little girl. She needed O- blood. We didn’t have any,
but her twin brother has O- blood. I explained to him that it was a matter of
life and death. He sat quietly for a moment, and then said goodbye to his
parents. I didn’t think anything of it until after we took his blood and he
asked, “So when will I die?” He thought he was giving his life for hers.
Thankfully, they’ll both be fine.
Today, I have an elderly patient who is suffering from a severe case of
Alzheimer’s. He can rarely remember his own name, and he often forgets where he
is and what he said just a few minutes beforehand. But by the stretch of some
miracle (perhaps the miracle of love), he remembers who is wife is every morning
when she shows up to spend a few hours with him. He usually greets her by
saying, “Hello my beautiful Kate.”
Today, my 21 year old Labrador can barely stand up, can’t see, can’t hear,
and doesn’t have enough strength to bark. But it doesn’t stop her from wagging
her tail a mile a minute every single time I walk into the room.
Today, due to Alzheimer’s and dementia, my grandfather usually can’t remember
who my grandmother is when he wakes up in the morning. It bothered my
grandmother a year ago when it first happened, but now she’s fully supportive of
his condition. In fact, she plays a game every day in which she tries to get my
grandfather to ask her to re-marry him before dinnertime. She hasn’t failed yet.
Today, I am the proud mom of a blind 17-year-old boy. Although my son was
born without his sense of sight, it hasn’t stopped him from being a straight A
student, a guitarist (whose band just surpassed 25,000 downloads of their first
album), and a loving boyfriend to his long-term girlfriend, Valerie. Just today,
his younger sister asked him what he likes about Valerie, and he said,
“Everything. She’s beautiful.”