A HUSBANDS HEART ( a small story ) .......................................................................... It was approximately 8.30 a.m on a busy morning. A gentleman in his thirties arrived to have his stitches removed from his thumb. He said that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment in another nursing home at 9.00 a.m. The doctor asked him to sit down. The doctor knew it would take more than an hour before someone would able to attend to him. The doctor saw him check his watch anxiously again and again. . On examination, the doctor found that the wound on the gentlemans thumb was well healed. Hence, the doctor requested a nurse to remove the stitches.Then the doctor began to engage in a discussion with him while the nurse was taking care of his wound. . The doctor : Do you have another appointment at another doctor. You seem to be in a hurry. . The man : No. I need to visit a nursing home to have a breakfast with my wife. . The doctor : How is she ? . The man : She is fine. . The doctor : whats her problem ? . The man : She has been suffering from Alzheimers disease. . The doctor : If you go to her a little bit late, will she worry and scold you ? . The man : Doctor, you know that an alzheimers patient has a terrible memory loss. So does she. She does not know who I am. She cannot recognise me.She has not been identify me for the last 5 years. . The doctor : ( surprised ) Ohh.. And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” . The man : (smiled ) She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is. . Then the man left from the hospital. The doctor thought when his eyes had become wet True love is neither physical nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:42:56 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015