Indelible Love

What a lovely story. You remind us all of the importance of tenderness, the reality of vulnerability. The beauty of nursing. I am so touched. Thank you! You are a beautiful nurse, and the family was blessed to have you there with them.

How beautiful! I could literally feel the love coming through in that story. A true love story.

I've seen this in hospice. He was 90, she was 88. They got married when he was 15 and she was 13. She came into Hospice first, non-responsive. He came in every day and spent hours at her bedside. They spent their 75th wedding anniversary in Hospice. He always thanked us nurses for taking such good care of his "angel". She spent 23 days in our in-patient hospice care center, and he was there for every one of them. He still drove! We all offered to make sure he would be there if she passed after dark, because he didn't drive after dark.About a month later, he was admitted. All of us knew that he probably wouldn't be that far behind his "angel". He had stopped eating and was very depressed. When he came in, I went into his room to say hi - he wasn't on my wing. He remembered me and said "come over here and give me a hug, you took such good care of my angel!". I still tear up when I think about that couple. To think what they had gone through with each other for 75 years. Neither one of them had family, they were both only children and were unable to have children of their own. My goal is to grow old and love my husband like that, for 75 years and beyond!

OMG I can't stop crying. That kind of love story is so precious and special. I am lucky enough to have my husband whom I adore look at me the same way Mr P did even when my darling's pain is so bad it makes me hurt. We have been together for almost 30 yrs and married for 15 of them. Chronic illness and pain can break you apart or make you hold on tight in suppport of each other and we are blessed to have the later more and more every day. he got injured on the job 18 yrs ago and we take it one day at a time. Our favorite story when people (rudely) why did we get married when this disability when make our lives so hardis this: He married me to get a private duty nurse with health insurance and I married him for the tax deduction! See, he makes me laugh every day!!! And I thank God for him!

This is a beautiful story. Both as a nurse and a human being it touched me on many levels.I have met a few patients who were like this man and his wife. They were living in a state of grace.I had to watch my father die of cancer 17 years ago and he was the same kind of man(he also was a war veteran)May God bless you and kkeep you in the palm of his hand.

Thank you so much Doc Lori.

Thanks chacomom. God's grace is too wonderful to comprehend and i'm happy that you are able to witness this through your patients and I believe that His grace is also sufficient for us.God bless you too.

Thank you Sassy_girl. Hope you'll have a great love story too. Take care.

thanks

What an amazing story. Thank you for sharing. It touched me in ways I never thought possible.

Thank you for this story!

beautiful!