Sunday, January 4, 2009
A Hug
I got a hug the other day. The man was picking up adult briefs for his wife with Alzheimer’s disease. She was diagnosed 9 years earlier and she had become incontinent. They had celebrated their 55th anniversary on Thanksgiving Day. “They say, wait for the ‘Golden Years’ but sometimes the golden years never happen,” he said. With tears in his eyes he gave me a hug. What do you say to that? How do we show compassion when my husband and I have celebrated five years and are happy and healthy? We long for the golden years, for retirement, to travel and to love each other for 50 years. Hurts come packaged in ways we hope to never understand.
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I enjoyed reading your list and was saddened a little when reading about your hug. I don't think there is any one thing we can say in a situation like that, but simply showing love and empathy can go a lot further than words sometimes. Looking forward to reading your blog!
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