This story is about a lady who lives in the nursing home. I worked there for a few months in co-op and really got to know some amazing people. I still to this day go and visit them because over the time spent there I made so many valuable friendships and relationships that made me grow as a person and gain extravagant strength.
I don't think you'll ever truely realize how much you've touched me.
How much you've touched my life in just a matter of seconds, minutes, days, weeks and months.
It fell on me today, like a rain drop from the cloudy sky. It fell upon me today.
Leaving me in joyful tears, and suddently everything was okay. You made everything okay.
The words you spoke, filled me inside with joy and hope.
I know i say this often but it's so true, it's the smallest things that mean the most. The smalles things can make the biggest difference. No matter what the circumstances are.
I walked in your room, I stood above you looking down at a loving, hopeful, graceful, strong, independent, courageous, faithful women filled with happieness of a life that was lived with no regrets. Thanking God for each day, for to you it has been a blessing.
I made a promise, a promise that I'd visit today.
I got pulled back and had to do what everyone else had to say.
Guilty and broken is how I felt. For a promise I made was shattered.
I realized it couldn't stop me, and wouldn't.
I wouldn't let it.
As I left the room and walked into yours I saw you sitting there so gracefully, so peacefully and so perfect in my eyes.
I walk closer to you, and apologized. I apologized for not having the chance to stop by today after a promise I had made.
I apologized for not being able to even say hello until the end of the day.
I did this because I've had promises made and broken to me. I knew what it's like to get let down. To feel left alone. I've known that and I surely didn't want to do that to you.
I walked in and said "hey you, I just wanted to stop by on my way out to apologize for the time we missed out on today, how I promised I'd be here today and I couldn't be. I'm sorry I did that to you.
she sais so presciously "hey girl, it's okay you don't have to apologize for one second, you come in every day and that is a blessing to me. Just having you stop by as much as you can I am thankful for you."
I replied and said,
"yeah but I just felt really bad for not stopping by when I told you I would, so I really just wanted to atleast say a quick hello, so thankyou so much for understanding, it means alot to me because I never want to let you down"
Suddently it went quiet,
I stood their in silence. A few seconds later the first thing I saw was eyes begining to blurr, I saw redness and heard a little noise. I heard sniffles and a noise of a cry. I saw in her eye, hope and love. I saw a heart that was lifted. Lifted so high and so gracefully. She started to cry as I stood their. She began to whipe her eyes. She stumbles her words and says, "you don't know how much you mean to me, and it makes me cry when you are as sweet as you are, you don't understand how much it means to me to have you and to have you visit me everyday, you never have to apologize to me, I love you girl."
as the tears fell apon her cheek, I looked into her loving soft eyes and shed a tear, for it touched me, she touched me. I never knew how much I meant to her, and hearing those words from her voice was clairity and made me realize you never know how much you mean to someone, and how big of an inspiration you are to them. We all learn from eachother and look up to one another.
I shed a tear and gently bent down to hug her in her chair.
I wrapped my arms around her and she hugged me back, she gave me a giant kiss on the cheek and said thankyou for everything you do. It's the nice people like you, who we never forget. I love you girl.
Moments like these I'll never forget.
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