TRUE LOVE from..A Doctor's note

It was approximately 8.30 a.m. on a busy morning
when an elderly gentleman in his eighties arrived
to have stitches removed from his thumb.

He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an
appointment at 9.00 a.m. I took his vital signs
and had him take a seat. I knew it would take
more than an hour before someone would to able
to attend to him. I saw him
check his watch anxiously for the time and
decided to evaluate his wound since I was not
busy with another patient.


On examination, the wound was well healed.
Hence, I talked to one of the doctors to get the
supplies to remove his sutures and redress his
wound. We began to engage in a conversation
while I was taking care of his wound.
I asked him if he had another doctor's
appointment later as he was in such a hurry. The
gentleman told me no and said that he needed to
go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his
wife. I inquired about her health. He told me that
she had been in the nursing home for a while as
she was a victim of Alzheimer's disease. I probed
further and asked if she would be upset if he was
slightly late.
He replied that she no longer knew who he was
and she had not been able to recognize him since
five years ago.

I asked him in surprise, "And you still go every
morning, even though she doesn't know who you
are?"
He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She
doesn't know me, but I still know who she is." I
had to hold back my tears as he left.

I had goose bumps on my arm, and I thought,
"That is the kind of love I want in my life."
True love is neither physical nor romantic. True
love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will
be, and will not be !