Inspirational Love
Stories
A Gift of Love Part 1
A Gift of Love
Part 1 | 2
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically
as the attractive young woman with the white cane
made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the
driver and using her hands to feel the location of
the seats, walked down the aisle and found the seat
he'd told her was empty. She settled down, placed
her briefcase on her lap and rested her cane against
her leg.
It had been a year since Susan, thirty-four years
old, became blind. Due to a medical misdiagnosis,
she had been rendered sightless and she was suddenly
thrown into a world of darkness, anger, frustration
and self-pity. All she had to cling to was her husband,
Mark.
Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan
with all his heart. When she first lost her sight,
he watched her sink into despair and was determined
to help his wife gain the strength and confidence
she needed to become independent again.
After some time, Susan finally felt ready to return
to her job. However, how would she get there? She
used to take the bus but was now too frightened to
get around the city by herself. Mark volunteered to
drive her to work each day even though they worked
at opposite ends of the city. At first, this comforted
Susan and fulfilled Mark's need to protect his sightless
wife who was so insecure about performing the slightest
task.
However, Mark soon realized the arrangement wasn't
working. He admitted to himself that Susan will have
to start taking the bus again. Nevertheless, she was
still so fragile, so angry - how would she react?
Just as he predicted, Susan was horrified at the idea
of taking the bus again.
"I'm blind!" She responded bitterly.
"How am I supposed to know where I am going?
I feel like you're abandoning me."
Mark's heart broke to hear these words but he knew
what had to be done. He promised Susan that each morning
and evening he would ride the bus with her, for as
long as it took, until she got the hang of it. That
is exactly what happened. For two solid weeks, Mark,
in his military uniform and all, accompanied Susan
to and from work each day.
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