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Topic: good story THAT"S ALL
Posted By: Waterdog
Subject: good story THAT"S ALL
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 4:16pm
Very Good story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.

"Your son is here," she said to the old man.

She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.

Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lightedward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.

He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.

Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.

Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.

Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.

"Who was that man?" he asked.

The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.

"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."

"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"

"I knew right away there had been a mistake,

but I also knew he needed his son, and his

son just wasn't here.

When I realized that he was too sick to tell

whether or not I was his son,

knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."

     I came here tonight to
     find a Mr. William Grey.
     His Son was Killed in Iraq
     today, and I was sent to
     inform him. What was this
     Gentleman's Name?

     The Nurse with Tears in
     Her Eyes Answered,
     Mr. William Grey.............

The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.

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WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A

TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.



WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

(love this line)



PLEASE PASS THIS ONE ON AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU!

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PUT ON THIS EARTH TO DO ANYWAY. RIGHT ?


HAVE A GREAT DAY AND BLESS SOMEONE ELSE IN SOME LITTLE WAY TODAY!

GOD IS SO GOOD.

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Replies:
Posted By: storm34
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 5:51pm
Very cool story!

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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 6:31pm
Yeah, that's a good one.


Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 7:20pm
Cool story Dog!

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Posted By: tullfooter
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 8:51pm


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Posted By: hasbeenskier
Date Posted: March-09-2010 at 10:22pm
Not just a good story.
bj

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Posted By: KFD14
Date Posted: March-10-2010 at 1:49am


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