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She handled the attention well. When we first moved back to
At this event, she never complained, even though it got noisy and she didn’t always know who was talking to her. It probably helped that everyone there was a nurse.
I got a little misty watching the parade of people line up to speak with her. But that was nothing compared to how I felt when we got ready to leave. The whole group sang to her, a great song that translates literally as “energy heart.” Thais use the phrase to talk about spirit, encouragement, or moral support. I just kept reaching for my hanky.
2 comments:
this brought tears to my eyes! -Laura
I'd forgotten your telling me that you had this blog so I'm glad that we emailed each other and I could check it out. A lot of your posts are stories that you already told me (though great to read again now that I'm not in Thailand but missing it so much).
But this is one story that I never got to hear before and it's a very sweet one. Thanks John.
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