I don't know what just happened. Everything froze up, so I just posted "No Words" and am continuing here. Messing with my flow here! I'll try to make sense...
Helping someone struggling to balance to a chair. A simple touch on the shoulder is no small thing.
One woman pointed to her incredibly swollen knee and made a breaking gesture with her hands. She then lifted her sari to show me her other leg, and to my surprise, there was a prosthesis there. She made a motorcycle motion. Best I could make out is she had been hit by a motorcycle, lost one leg, and broke the other. I commented to Klorisa (medical coordinator) about the prosthetic. She said that Rising Star has been able to help in so many ways. All of the patients have special walking shoes, all provided by Rising Star. One woman came in on a four wheeled platform that sat just a few inches off the ground. She didn't have feet that I could see. She pushed herself on and off as needed and rolled around in between. Huge smile on her face.
I couldn't help but wonder which children at Rising Star were connected to these people. One woman smiled and put her hand out to the side to indicate a small child. I'm pretty sure she was telling us she was connected to a child at Rising Star. I wonder who...
At one point, I looked over at Annie sitting at the blood pressure station. We locked eyes and shared a tearful smile behind our masks. So much heartache. So much help. No words, but volumes spoken in a glance, a smile, and a gesture of praying hands. So very grateful.
Helping someone struggling to balance to a chair. A simple touch on the shoulder is no small thing.
One woman pointed to her incredibly swollen knee and made a breaking gesture with her hands. She then lifted her sari to show me her other leg, and to my surprise, there was a prosthesis there. She made a motorcycle motion. Best I could make out is she had been hit by a motorcycle, lost one leg, and broke the other. I commented to Klorisa (medical coordinator) about the prosthetic. She said that Rising Star has been able to help in so many ways. All of the patients have special walking shoes, all provided by Rising Star. One woman came in on a four wheeled platform that sat just a few inches off the ground. She didn't have feet that I could see. She pushed herself on and off as needed and rolled around in between. Huge smile on her face.
I couldn't help but wonder which children at Rising Star were connected to these people. One woman smiled and put her hand out to the side to indicate a small child. I'm pretty sure she was telling us she was connected to a child at Rising Star. I wonder who...
At one point, I looked over at Annie sitting at the blood pressure station. We locked eyes and shared a tearful smile behind our masks. So much heartache. So much help. No words, but volumes spoken in a glance, a smile, and a gesture of praying hands. So very grateful.
wow sweet heart that is amazing. I love you so much I will be that His hands love being yours.
ReplyDeleteI love you
Brad