I witness love almost every morning
Caroline Ashe Your Source in Augusta, GA Real Estate December 5th, 2012
I can get a little choked up when I witness the love that lives in the human race. I don’t like to find myself shocked when I see love in action because I always try to find the very best in people. This short story is about my neighbor, a neighbor I’ve never met personally, but a person who I know about just from a simple act I witness on almost a daily basis.
My neighbor is an older man with a small, cute Yorkie. He seems to me to be in his 70′s and he’s married. I have seen his wife from time to time because they sit together in their garage with the Yorkie watching to day pass by. His wife, I’m assuming, had some type of illness. I assume this due to the fact I saw her with a scarf covering her bare head several times. See…in the past she walked the Yorkie and now I don’t see her, I see only the older man…
My morning routine takes me from Knob Hill about the same time every morning. I pay attention to my surroundings, always in awe of the beauty that passes out my car window. In my neighborhood there is a green space area on the main road in and out. This green space offers sidewalks, a playing field, swing set and a big center tree. Around the focal tree there are several ornamental plantings that bloom all year! This time a year there is a bush that produces a beautiful deep pink flower…I don’t know its official name, but it pops with eye catching color.
My neighbor can be found at these flowering bushes with his Yorkie almost every morning selecting the perfect blooms for his wife. I do not know this for sure, but that’s what I have come to believe. He takes his time, enjoys the fragrance and makes his selections. I imagine his wife’s smile every morning when they return from their walk, flowers in hand. I see the small vase that he arranges the flowers in and I feel the love he has for his wife.
Our time on this earth is so short. Make the moments you have with others, whether they are friend or stranger, pleaseant moments. Reveal your love in humanity.





