Thursday, December 11, 2025

A Small Gift, A Big Heart

 

We are now on a journey of a different sort.

Before I go into our new journey, I want to just put it out there that we are not religious so don’t need any blessings poured down over our heads or to hear about prayers or about sympathy. We don’t care if this is what you do privately but we don’t need to hear about it. This is not a blog reaching out for anything, just simply a blog about our journey.

Today it is about the small things in life that make a difference. It’s about remembering to be a friend and reaching out.

We are at the Cancer Lodge for an extended stay. Needless to say, most of the people in here are without their family members, hence, support comes from within the group.

One person has a treatment that has damaged the exposed skin. It is terribly painful and causes other problems. I reach out to the person especially when they are in pain.

Yesterday at lunch, my friend was in obvious pain. A new patient in treatment came over to my friend and handed my friend a little handmade gift. It wasn’t much but it was just a sweet little gift that had taken some effort to make.

That exchange led me to tears. It was just a small gift but from the heart, one patient to another.

What have I given to lighten one’s day?

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