@GarySinise So thankful for you. I just pre-ordered your book on Audible. I have something to look forward too and will buy it from my favorite bookstore in Athens, GA for my grown children and brother for Christmas. Prayers up for you. You are a remarkable man. God bless!
Forty-year-old Christopher G. Robertson was kayaking in Georgian Bay in Collingwood, Ontario, when the kayak took on water and capsized.
He held onto his overturned kayak and called for help. Jamey Ruth Klassen, 16, high school student from Guelph, Ontario, was on the beach and entered the water and swam about 600 feet to the kayak.
By then, Robertson had submerged. Seeing him on the bottom of the lake, Jamey dived 12 feet and pulled him to the surface.
Jamey positioned Robertson face up with his head on her shoulder. He was unconscious and not breathing.
Grasping him around the chest with one arm, she used the other arm and her legs to swim toward shore with Robertson.
Jamey was nearly exhausted and shouted for help. A man on a paddleboard responded, and he and Jamey placed Robertson on the board.
The man took Robertson to shore, where he was removed from the water. Jamey swam to shore. Robertson was revived and taken to a hospital, where he was treated. He recovered.
@QueenMother1976@npdraider I feel like this sometimes at 67. I was a RN/FNP in a busy ER. So for now I can use MyChart. I love it. However most of the people my age and older don't understand how to use it. But before long the tech will speed up and I will be lost. Great post.
“I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
~Unknown
My 3-year-old doesn't know jobs have ranks.
Nobody's told him yet. So he treats everyone like they're famous.
The garbage truck guys are celebrities at our house. He waits at the window every pickup day and waves with his whole arm. They honk for him now. Both of them. He talks about it for hours after, like they stopped just for him. They kind of do.
The cashier at our store knows him by name because he asks her, every single time, what she's doing. She says scanning. He says wow. He means it.
He thanked the man cleaning the mall floor once. Unprompted. Said the floor looks so shiny. The man stopped, looked at him, and said nobody's said that to me in 6 years.
The security guard at the bank got a leaf. His highest honor. The guard still has it taped by his desk. I've seen it.
He doesn't do it to be kind. That's the part that gets me. He does it because he genuinely can't tell the difference between a doctor and the man who waters plants. They're all just people doing something, and doing something is amazing to him.
Somebody taught the rest of us the difference.
Nobody's taught him yet.
I'm in no hurry.
@LennyMathis15@SCDOTPiedmont@GADeptofTrans@foxcarolinanews@WSPA7@wyffnews4 My husband and I were traveling on 85 NB and our lane was barely going and then we realized no vehicles in south bound lane then we saw lights flashing. We could not believe our eyes. We went to the flea market in Pickens SC. Traffic was a nightmare from Anderson to Hartwell.
@BuzzPatterson Best wishes for your new state and home. I have been to Nevada but not Reno. What about your children? We are fortunate to live close to 2 of ours but 1 moved to Huntsville which is beautiful but 5+ hours away. Grands change everything.
ATAK BÓLU...
Po niszczycielskich trzęsieniach ziemi, które wstrząsnęły Wenezuelą, obraz zaczął krążyć po świecie. Pośród gór betonu, kurzu i ciszy ratownicy znaleźli scenę, która poruszyła nawet najsilniejszych.
Pod szczątkami zawalonej struktury pozostał pies półkrwi. Nie szczekał. Nie próbowałem uciekać. Leżał nieruchomo, patrzył w oczy, a ciało stało się tarczą.
Pod nim spoczywało dziecko.
Podczas gdy wszystko wokół niego się zawaliło, ten mały chłopiec nadal żył, chroniony przez kolegę, który zdecydował się stawić czoła niebezpieczeństwu, niż porzucić kogoś, kto najbardziej go potrzebował.
Członkowie zespołu ratowniczego donoszą, że na miejscu zdarzenia zaniemówili. Najpierw udało im się wyciągnąć psa, który opierał się oddaleniu od dziecka, dopóki nie upewnił się, że też zostanie uratowane. Chwilę później mały został wyciągnięty żywcem pomiędzy oklaskami, łzami i wzruszeniem tych, którzy byli świadkami tej chwili.
Poza tragedią, która wisi dziś Wenezueli, ten obraz przedstawia coś, czego żadne trzęsienie ziemi nie może zniszczyć: nadzieję.
Ponieważ kiedy natura wystawia na próbę siłę ludu, pojawiają się też gesty, które mogą nam przypomnieć, że współczucie, lojalność i miłość mogą pojawić się tam, gdzie najmniej się tego spodziewa.
Ta fotografia okrążyła świat, ponieważ podsumowuje w jednej scenie ból narodu i jednocześnie pewność, że życie zawsze znajduje powód, by się opierać.
I wtedy rodzi się pytanie, na które każdy odpowie z własnej wiary i własnego sumienia:
Czy to był cud Boży... czy najczystszy instynkt zwierzęcia gotowego oddać wszystko, by chronić życie?
Bez względu na odpowiedź, ten obraz przypomina nam, że nawet wśród gruzów może rodzić się nadzieja.
📷 Dziś Wenezuela potrzebuje solidarności świata bardziej niż kiedykolwiek. Modlitwa, słowo otuchy lub po prostu dzielenie się przesłaniem nadziei może stać się również sposobem na pomoc.
za 📷 Reinier Neapol
#ReinierNápoles #Venezuela