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  • Artist Info: This is the kind of thing that keeps me believing there is are people who care in the world.<br />
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    How to Dance in the Rain<br />
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    It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.<br />
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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 to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On 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.<br />
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    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. <br />
    The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health.<br />
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    He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease. <br />
    As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.<br />
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    He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. <br />
    I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?'<br />
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    He smiled as he patted my hand and said, <br />
    'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.' <br />
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    I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,<br />
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    'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'<br />
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    True love is neither physical, nor romantic. <br />
    True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be. <br />
    With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. This one I thought I could share with you.<br />
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    The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have. <br />
    I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did. <br />
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    'Life isn't a bout how to survive the storm, <br />
    but how to dance in the rain.' <br />
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