Giving Thanks at Roy Rogers

Merely Me, you about made me cry with this story!  Yes, I truly believe everyone has a purpose here and sometimes it's to teach others.  Your story reminds me of this staff person who used to work with my son on independent living skills, etc.  He's my age, never married and his life was his clients.  There were a bunch of guys that he would pick up every Saturday evening, they'd go to church and then out to eat at a decent restaurant and he'd talk with them like he was just one of the them.  He left several years ago, but still calls my son periodically and while he was living in Denver for a couple of years, my son went out there to visit him for a week.  He comes back here once in a while just to see his old clients.  People like him, and you, who can see the individual person in each client, can work miracles for them, just like they are often miracles to us.

Thank you so much for telling this story - it was a real soul-warmer!

What a wonderful story--beautifully written.  Sometimes we are the teacher; sometimes we are the student. We all can learn from each other.  I see in your profile that you are writing a book. Write faster. . . for the world is waiting for your insights . . .and the unique way you express yourself.

I smiled when you mentioned Pittsburgh because I envisioned Oakland when you said a university basement. (I'm from Western PA, as well.)

Joe seemed so in touch with his world, acceptance and thankful for the good which came his way. Living like all of us but perhaps, more aware. I wonder what his hopes were; what did he see coming, or was he just content for the here and now? Which way is best?

I'm glad he got the chances to move about, be taught necessities. That he had a place to go, a safe place. I wish we could have done more, because he was, unknown to him, a teacher and too few people ever saw him that way. It takes a special person to look at someone and explain what is really going on, the truth about another person. That day, you saw something extraordinary and now, pass it on.

We all have something to give, if someone would notice. It is the irritants we see readily, too little the good. Thanks for reminding me, to look.