Finding Family In Unexpected Places

--by cabbage, posted Feb 1, 2010

We were new to the area and I had just met an elderly couple at a gathering. The wife and I talked for a long time and she confessed how worried she was about her husband who was waiting for a heart transplant. At the time I was working as a researcher in the same institution where he would be going for his surgery, so I told her to take down my phone number and call me to let me know he was there.

She called a few weeks later to let me know he was admitted to the hospital and still waiting. So, I made it a point to go check on him and visit with them every day while I was at work. I thought that if it was my Dad, I would do the same, and I just wanted to give them some company.

Weeks turned into months and it just became part of my routine to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart transplant. Sometimes I'd bring food or a book for him to read, sometimes she would share a snack that she'd brought. Somehow over time, it was like I became part of the family.

Now, over ten years later, this couple is our son's "local" grandparents! Since our parents don't live close by, we truly feel blessed to have this wonderful couple as our "local" parents! Family sometimes comes out of the most unexpected places.

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Posted by cabbage
Feb 1, 2010
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Readers Comments

jsmc10 wrote: This is an amazing thing that you have done, thank you for being there and offering companionship :)

luckyman wrote: Whay you give is what receive! You have a very caring heart!

irishgirl wrote: Indeed, family does come out of the most unexpected places. I bet she was real glad to have a "guardian angel" watching over her husband.

FairyBubbles wrote: You did a beautiful thing and what you do comes right backatcha!

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