One never knows where you will be when you hear the "person" story that plinks your heart the most during your daily travels. Somedays we just keep our heads down and avoid plinking at all costs.......somedays we want to keep within ourselves and not hear about another but there's no avoiding it...........somedays we are graced with a symphony of plinks.........and our day feels overflowing and bountiful...................
In the middle of a dry proposal writing meeting today with 3 other women, one of the women shared a story of her niece who at 33, just received a new kidney and is feeling better than she has in years. The donor was a neighbour of the niece. The two met only a year ago, when the niece and her family (she has three young children) moved in next door. Despite complete renal failure which required nightly home dialysis and treatment twice daily, the niece managed to LIVE actively.......mom, wife, part-time self employed jewellry maker. The neighbour was compassionately moved. When tests indicated that no one in her family were a good donor match for a kidney transplant, the neighbour offered hers.
The neighbour offered a woman she had only met a year ago................her kidney........
The neighbour and the niece found out last autumn they were perfect matches.
At Christmas this year, the neighbour gave the niece a picture of two women with an inscription which read........something like................
Within an hour after recovery from the operation last Friday, the nieces health was markedly improved. Colour and vibrancy returned.......................
Not a dry eye was to be found at the proposal writing meeting!!
I returned to my office at the end of today to hear good news. John had been contacted and was told that he definately has a new place to live. Right in town, close to all amenities and supports. So did 10 other people who are some of the neediest people on our list............... the office was alive with hope and smiles. This is a place where good offerings are rare..........
only two to share tonight........you have your own to share.
plink..........plink........plink...........grace notes
In the middle of a dry proposal writing meeting today with 3 other women, one of the women shared a story of her niece who at 33, just received a new kidney and is feeling better than she has in years. The donor was a neighbour of the niece. The two met only a year ago, when the niece and her family (she has three young children) moved in next door. Despite complete renal failure which required nightly home dialysis and treatment twice daily, the niece managed to LIVE actively.......mom, wife, part-time self employed jewellry maker. The neighbour was compassionately moved. When tests indicated that no one in her family were a good donor match for a kidney transplant, the neighbour offered hers.
The neighbour offered a woman she had only met a year ago................her kidney........
The neighbour and the niece found out last autumn they were perfect matches.
At Christmas this year, the neighbour gave the niece a picture of two women with an inscription which read........something like................
I don't have any silver or gold to give you. I only have myself to give you.
Within an hour after recovery from the operation last Friday, the nieces health was markedly improved. Colour and vibrancy returned.......................
Not a dry eye was to be found at the proposal writing meeting!!
plink......plink......grace notes......sometimes a symphony
I returned to my office at the end of today to hear good news. John had been contacted and was told that he definately has a new place to live. Right in town, close to all amenities and supports. So did 10 other people who are some of the neediest people on our list............... the office was alive with hope and smiles. This is a place where good offerings are rare..........
only two to share tonight........you have your own to share.
no silver, no gold..............just a graceful hymn............
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing these stories of hope and grace - they remind me that lives can be turned around, and frequently are if we are persistant and aware of the possibilities around us, and keeps me believing in even bigger possibilities
It is so frustrating that so many slip through the cracks and it is nice to hear a good story for a change. We are often trying to overcome the cruelty of the system, the semantics of social justice and the physical pain of those who are less fortunate.
Thank you for writing this post. It can give us hope that amidst all the other crap there are still people out there willing to give what is important when they have nothing else.
We all have something to give.
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