' A3 Y( j( A' b% t/ }& {他说不是，但他需要去老年公寓（NursingHouse，托老院）和妻子一同吃早餐。 / A4 _0 O$ ~" g6 Y# D4 y8 E T6 L/ `* @+ n8 l: P# B
我顺便问到她的健康状况，他对我说，她是老年性痴呆症（Alzheimer'sDisease）患者，去老年公寓已经有段时间了。 7 K, k0 g9 W5 C+ P. y9 Y8 w6 Y1.jeeplive.com$ W: s# V2 O; m, }$ W8 `7 ^0 i
我们继续交谈着，我问他如果迟到了，她是否会有点不高兴？ - R, z$ j3 s( j) p$ A# P c. Z 6 O6 u4 J$ P9 t0 E他回答说，她根本不知道他是谁，她认不出他是谁已经有五年了。9 w4 E5 ]/ p7 K- L: \
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我很吃惊地问，"即便她已经认不出你是谁了，你还是每天去陪她吃早餐吗？" 0 P% U5 t( k5 e1 \' |- q2 V& t$ K6 h
他拍拍我的手臂，微笑着说，"她是不认识我了，但我仍然知道她是谁啊。" 9 |" U. g8 `- {' v' R厦门越野联盟# ^+ X. y; B4 _9 C4 h
当他离开的时候，我的手臂上起了鸡皮疙瘩，我忍住了泪水，想道，"这才是我生命中所需要的那种爱"。 $ q' `; D4 W* H" S7 {/ j厦门越野联盟 3 p8 y \) e' _ u6 u" T7 p真正的爱，既不是生理的，也不是浪漫的。真正的爱就是接受那所有的曾经、现在、将来。. F; p! N, ]' p0 O7 M; C
7 D E" G8 @! ]" w: r g! `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。 2 }, o) @. e* B $ e5 Q0 h* ~( d+ @生命不是怎样在风暴中求生存，而是怎样在雨中起舞。 作者: 二月花 时间: 2008-5-6 15:16
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.厦门越野联盟0 S6 x1 U; W1 U3 w: B7 F$ ?; `
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I 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. & h( |7 |9 R+ y G8 d& G( C1 v6 S# V! u4 h+ v7 ?7 n% c( L
I saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. ]# M" d/ d' o3 Y' [ : S5 i2 X( q/ A$ k4 zOn 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.+ R5 w* ?6 q& d. V9 h/ h/ F- C
5 |; v4 N7 O. Q" x9 Y+ b1.jeeplive.comThe man told me no but he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. 2 L& ~6 F! Y1 [2 p厦门越野联盟. L' ^# ?0 F/ x7 m; x. U
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5 c/ m* [5 v; ~5 F" I5 zHe replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.: s, b7 C3 F. C/ C$ k; \2 |0 t
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I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are? : N+ b1 U/ ~, ^) i8 a# d) P厦门越野联盟厦门越野联盟+ o8 o8 F9 s3 ?1 M
He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is". ' Z: G" I) d4 x' h5 y) |1.jeeplive.com3 Q/ _: L1 x- j; S7 |
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". 7 \6 ?6 S) Z& Q& T$ v * s9 {5 K& x# p0 iTrue love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be. 6 ]) Q1 |' h U! H, `/ o1.jeeplive.com ' N$ T, @* K* V+ E3 zThe happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have. : Q4 K" F3 ]& [! r. J* [ ) P' x+ Z% Z: W/ Q3 D4 ELife isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.$ m3 r$ }( U/ \2 P7 F1 V2 Z, K
