Posted by Phil on March 23, 2007, at 22:15:48
In reply to I like this old guy but...., posted by Happyflower on March 23, 2007, at 20:08:01
Couldn't agree more with the ladies.
Can I tell a story? No? ok. Here we go : )
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Years ago, I was with my then girlfriend J---- and we were visiting her terminally ill mother in the hospital.
We were out by the nurses station gathering our thoughts when a little, older lady came up to us pulling her IV cart. She was gravely ill herself but made herself right at home and asked my gf why we were there. My gf said that her mom was terminally ill with cancer. Then she asked me the same question. I said I was there for J----.This weak, pale stranger sweetly said to me, 'You run well on a muddy track.'
I completely lost it, had to excuse myself and rush off to the men's room and WEEP. I was so touched. I couldn't stop the tears. I probably hadn't cried in years.
__________You're exactly where you should be, Happyflower.
The question in the end won't be 'can I handle the loss?' It will be 'can I accept the grace?'Peace Happyflower,
Phil
Peace
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