olive smiled. her smile radiated through the freckles on her face. you don’t always find old people who are both without any family and yet content with life and happy. olive lived at the ywca nursing home. she almost had no one for family. she was part of a church family. but nothing beats ‘family’, you know.
olive had plenty of enerygy. she could barely walk. but she had a lot of energy. she prayed. smiled. she was a great friend to everybody at the nursing home.
i gave her flowers on mothers day. she nearly cried.
the next day she bought me a dog. a furry stuffed toy dog. her way of saying thank you SO much. i imagine she wanted to be a mom. hold a baby. she had all that energy inside surely some part of her wanted to run behind her three year old, cuddle up beside him or feed him (or her). she never got married. i never asked her why….
she broke her hip. in the hospital room her smile changed everything. nurses stopped by in and out of duty. they chatted endlessly about ‘girl’ stuff. i’m guessing ‘fun stuff’.
olive passed away. she never complained. she never whined about being alone. she finished the race a happy person. i wonder if i can finish the race happy. what do you think you need right at this moment that will make you happier? not tomorrow. not two days from now. just right now. what do you think, if you have right now will make your life more complete than it already is?
What would make my life more complete in is to know God to be His friend. To experience Him in me and do His service by love.