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: u3 X% T b6 L4 w* D( VIt was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. % u$ A A# E6 K2 A# \! m+ xwww.xmjeep.com( S4 x+ [4 D" T/ b* ~
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/ g( m' ]& j4 e; SI took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him., `8 d9 i" b. V$ @ i/ s
" j+ ]. t3 a5 h7 t6 J2 `I saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound.* X" w" j* f* v1 w) B
5 @9 a. Q, I9 H0 P5 i3 s2 k; ~www.xmjeep.comOn exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.! H! c9 Z/ m& o" K) z9 p
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The man told me no but he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. 3 o* o2 E, t* S5 M" u厦门越野联盟; A7 y9 [! l# d [, h
I inquired as to her health; he told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.厦门越野联盟# S! { B# _2 j" [" O
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He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. 7 V) T$ w$ @ O& i/ e5 Swww.xmjeep.com P1 D" v; E/ i+ @
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I had to hold back tears as he left; I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life". 4 h0 H% M5 n$ i4 F. Y6 Xwww.xmjeep.com2 h- x4 U+ O7 u( @
True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.www.xmjeep.com9 X0 m5 k2 g+ D
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中文由BOKANG翻译！ 作者: 纤腰 时间: 2008-5-6 15:20
好 感 人！ :) 作者: 巴西朴树 时间: 2008-5-6 17:04
还君明珠双泪垂，恨不相逢未嫁时 作者: 野熊 时间: 2008-5-7 10:51
顶起。 作者: 蜡笔小新 时间: 2008-5-9 17:58
真正的爱就是接受那所有的曾经、现在、将来。4 z$ {4 n4 p0 A6 S' r3 s ~
最幸福的人并不非要拥有世界上最好的，他们只是在他们能拥有的里面找到了最美好的。 作者: 龙飞野燕 时间: 2008-5-12 12:27
