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, 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, 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, after I heard that my mom stayed home from work with the flu, I
stopped by Wal-Mart on my way home from school to pick her up some
canned soup. I ran into my dad who was already in the check-out line. He
had 5 cans of soup, NyQuil, tissues, tampons, 4 romantic comedy DVDs
and a bouquet of flowers. My dad makes me smile.
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.”
