True Love Story
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True Love Story
It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30AM, 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.
As a nurse, 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 stitches 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 elderly 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 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.
Note: Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life.
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 The Map of Luxury; they just make the best of everything they have.
A boy met her girl friend in his friend’s party. She was so outstanding that many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal that nobody paid attention to him.
At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but due to being polite, she accepts the request. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she said, please; let me go home.
Suddenly the boy asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I would like to put it in my coffee.”
She stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him curiously; why you have this hobby?
He replied: “when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I like playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there” while saying tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. That’s his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart.
A man, who can tell out his home sickness, He must be a man who loves home, cares and has responsibility of home. Then she also started to speak about her far away hometown, her childhood, family and all. That was a really nice talk, and also a beautiful beginning of their love story.
They continued to see eachother. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, kind hearted, warm and careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!
Then the story begin just like every beautiful love story, the princess married to the prince, and then they were living the happy life and every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that’s the way he liked it always.
After 40 year of married life, suddenly the boy had passed away, and left her a letter, in which he said: “My dearest wife, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie which I told you. This was the only lie I said to you – “the salty coffee.”
Remember the first time we met? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some Sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that could be the beginning of ourlove story! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything in my married life.
Now I’m dying, I m afraid of nothing, so I tell you the truth: I don’t like the salty coffee, what a strange and bad taste. But I had the salty coffee for my whole life! Since I Love you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you.
“Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life.” If I can live for the second time, I still want to know you and have you onlyin my life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee for my whole life.”
Her tears made the letter totally wet.
Someday, someone asked her: “what’s the taste of salty coffee?”
“It’s very sweet”. She replied
There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she’s blind. She hated everyone, except her loving fiance. He is always there for her. Blind girl said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her fiance.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to the blind girl and then she can see everything, including her fiance.
Her fiance asked her, “now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl was shocked when she saw that her fiance is blind too, and refused to marry him.
Her fiance walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to girl saying. “Just take care of my eyes dear.”
Moral: This is how human brain changes when the status changed. Only few remember what life was before, and who’s always been there even in the most painful situations.
Never take someone for granted, Hold every person close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones. Remember this always in life!
“You learn to love, not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
