Tag Archives: memories
Quiet Kindness
I’m a night cleaner in a hospital. One room on my route always had lavenders in a vase.An old nurse told me a woman used to bring lavenders every night for her dying husband. He passed years ago, but she still comes with lavenders once a week to put in that room. She says that … Continue reading
Quiet Kindness
I stayed at a cheap roadside motel after losing everything — job, apartment, relationship.The clerk handed me a key and said, “Room 7. No deposit tonight.” I asked why. He said, “You look like me ten years ago.”When I checked out a month later, I left enough cash to cover another stranger’s week. When my dad passed, I couldn’t bring myself … Continue reading
Quiet Kindness
My grandma was in the hospital for a long time. When she died, I donated her old, knitted quilt to the ward that treated her. 2 years later, when my daughter was born, I noticed the same colorful quilt folded at the foot of our bed. A nurse smiled and said, “It’s … Continue reading
The best mail I ever received
In the back of one of my closets is an unopened FedEx box from my mother. My 92-year-old mom died on March 8, 2019, and this box was delivered on March 11, 2019, as though it was mailed by the … Continue reading
With Love
I have a few words of encouragement for the young lady whose grandmother had developed dementia (“Loving Granddaughter”). My mom passed away 20 years ago from Parkinson’s disease and dementia. I am in my late 70s now, but I remember … Continue reading
