Dusty Roads to the Heart

Something happened in the surgery family room yesterday that I will never forget. I will never forget because it is imprinted in my mind and heart forever. There are some pictures that you witness that are just for you. A special lesson to the heart.  Here is mine that came to me yesterday. Around 3:00 in the afternoon, two middle aged women came into the waiting room. They each were pushing a wheelchair. In one was a sweet little lady with a smile that would melt the world. In the other was a younger man. He was very disabled. He couldn't talk. I watched as those two women parked the wheelchairs and made their loved ones as comfortable as they could. The woman who was pushing the young man came to my desk and asked if I had the remote for the TV.  "Sure" I said giving it to her.  "Thank you," she said, "This will give him something to do while we wait."  With that she walked back to the wheelchair and sat down beside this young man. I walked ove

Authors Note:  I have decided to share "the other side of me" with you. I have decided to share it because I know first hand what it is like to live in a world that holds you in the negative about everything. The world of your own mind, where fear rules. Just being around me or talking to me, you would never guess that I held all this fear, and negativity inside me.  No I would smile, I would appear to be calm and happy. I chose to hide my fear, to cover it up from others because I was ashamed. I didn't want others to know how I felt inside. I wanted to appear "perfect." But now I don't care. It is time to share. By the help of a miracle, I have come out from under this horrible grip of fear, out from under letting someone make me feel worthless, not only to others but also to God.  I will tell my story only because sometimes if you are honest you can help another. Somewhere out there you may be just like I was. Somewhere out there you may be wondering, wa