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When you look around you in a group of people.
Which do you think of as the brave ones?
The young and healthy?
or the old, craggy and struggling?
The younger ones sitting in wheelchairs?
walking with canes, or limps?
The children with glasses so thick
yet still they barely see?
The parents who work with their children
with disabilities that are seen or unseen?
These are the brave ones.
I see some of them in my job in rehab.
They come in from the hospital…
still ill.
The routine starts.
They begin moving,
Going to the bathroom
Eating in the dining room
Taking care of themselves as they can.
Their thoughts begin to form
Their hearts begin to be hopeful
They are the brave ones.
They choose to go on living
and fighting
and moving
and doing.
They refuse to sit in a corner and stop living.
They…and their loved ones, are the brave ones!
I salute you!
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- Write for 5 minutes. No looking back.
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I jumped over from Better Writer FB page and wanted you to know that I love this post!
My mom will be 93 tomorrow and is a “brave one” living her last days in a nursing home. She amazes, blesses and encourages me. I watched her go through rehab after her strokes and she always manages to have a positive attitude through it all. It’s the grace and tender mercies of God that gives her the courage to keep going.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend!
thanks for stopping by jackie:) so true! it is God’s grace and tender mercies that give courage to keep on going…no matter our age:) i enjoye my visit to your site. loved that prison story you wrote for the writing class. glad to see it on your blog.