Saturday, September 30, 2006
Need inspiration?
Came across this story in my new planner... REad this, and I remember telling myself, "She is my new idol."
Read on...
Whistle While You WorkHer husband needs a whistle to call her back home. At the crack of dawn Leonida, the only nurse in the whole of Luba Abra, is already out of the house, attending to the sick. It is hard to predict what time she will be home again, she goes where and when she is needed. She assists at every birth in the town, attends to the every sick child, comforts the old and dying. And when there are accidents, she is there first, attending to the wounded and even performing minor surgery usually reserved for doctors. But there are no doctors in Luba Abra.
Disappointed that people did not seek treatment because they couldn't afford medicines, Leonida set up Botika Binhi, a cooperative that sells good quality medicine at prices the poor in her community could afford. Today, all the barangays of Luba Abra are members of Botika Binhi. Maybe someday, members will come from all over Cordillera.
Leonida, however, must stay within earshot of the whistle. Piercing through the iar, the shrill call will always send her rushing back home to her husband. Despite all her achievements, she chooses to be at his beck and call. When he whistles, she comes home to be at his side.
Her husband is bedridden. He is paralyzed and can't move without assistance. He needs a nurse like Leonida by his side always, he needs a loving wife beside him always. Yet, he lets her go, to serve others, just as he serves him. He manages on his own, clutching the whistle, knowing that when he blows on it, Leonida will come back.
...I don't know with you but I was really touched with the story. Is it the hopeless romantic in me, or is it true love, perfectly showed in there? I never dreamed of becoming a nurse, but I want to be helping other people, in any way that I can. But if it's my babe who has the whistle, and just one blow, I will rush to be at his side, in a heartbeat.
another adventure for COSMOGIRL!
