TINAMARIE
06-30-2004, 03:58 PM
A friend just sent this to me in an email. Thought I would share it.
Unconditional Love
A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home
from the war.
He called his parents from San Francisco.
"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I
have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."
"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."
"There's something you should know the son continued, "he
was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind
and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I
want him to come live with us."
"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find
somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live
with us."
"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking.
Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on
us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like
this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home
and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard
nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they
received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died
after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was
suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were
taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son.
They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered
something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and
one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it
easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, we don't
like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We
would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart
as we are.
C5-C7 Walking Quad
Unconditional Love
A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home
from the war.
He called his parents from San Francisco.
"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I
have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."
"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."
"There's something you should know the son continued, "he
was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind
and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I
want him to come live with us."
"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find
somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live
with us."
"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking.
Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on
us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like
this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home
and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard
nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they
received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died
after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was
suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were
taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son.
They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered
something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and
one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it
easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, we don't
like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We
would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart
as we are.
C5-C7 Walking Quad