A Sweet Story For The Heart...Went ...
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--Mia Tagano
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Nov 27, 2016

 

A sweet story for the heart...Went to see my grandmother (at the nursing home where she has lived over 2 1/2 years now) with John after being gone for 10 days. We took her to one of our favorite Japanese restaurants where the owner/chef has in the past given my grandmother healing dishes when she was sick. He wasn't in tonight but everyone was so happy to see us and gave us so many dishes on the house, just because. When we left, John, Bachan and I all bowed in gratitude and 8 of the staff who had come out to say good-bye all bowed back in response, saying Thank you to my grandmother in Japanese even though they are all Korean. So many smiles. After that we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few items because I wanted to get a treat for the Nurse on staff along with the Nursing Assistants, I found some perfect and ripe pineapples. I told Steve the clerk what I was doing and asked if I could buy a paper bag for each pineapple. He packed each one so lovingly while asking where my grandmother lived. He said that his mother had been at a nursing home for a while recovering from cancer. She is 60 and cancer free now. I thanked him for his help and for sharing with me. More smiles. Later, I found out that he had not charged me for the pineapples! I will send him a card to thank him. Everyone was so happy to get a pineapple. Simple gifts for big smiles.  

 

Posted by Mia Tagano on Nov 27, 2016


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