Caring Enough to Help a Stranger
I remember an incident from when I was visiting the USA. I was in Los Angeles in a big store. Everyone was busily buzzing around like bees doing their errands and no one really paid attention to the other people around them. As I was going around this big shop, I saw a woman standing. She seemed to be in real pain. She was holding on to her belly and everyone around her passed her by without even noticing. I walked up to her and asked her what was wrong but she didn't know. I tried to spot a chair or anything she could sit on and helped her walk to it. Trying to get someone from the shop so we could call for some help was not easy thing to do as no one seemed to care. Finally, I got mad and demanded that someone called an ambulance and finally they did it. All along this woman was thanking me. ... Read Full Story >>
- Posted by emmanuelle
- Jan 4, 2011
- Comments (10)
- Share Story
Just To See Them Smile
I have been visiting my mother and my aunt, who both have Alzheimer's, every week for the last five years.
After dinner many of the residents in the nursing home who are in wheelchairs have to wait for someone to push them towards the exit. I usually spend a good twenty minutes helping them. It is incredible how grateful they are, they keep on saying thank you. I do it just to see a smile on their faces and often imagine them young when they didn't need anybody.
Many tell me that God will pay me back. I say He already has since I have been able to keep my mother this long after my father's death.
Little gestures sometimes go a long way.
- Posted by letstalkreally
- Nov 28, 2010
- Comments (3)
- Share Story
