Rachel Harris learned the value of friendship, when faced with a serious medical problem. Rachel was divorced, her nineteen year old daughter was away at collage, and finds out she need spinal-cord surgery. Receiving this type of news would have been hard on anyone but on top of this Rachel drove home to an empty house where she had no husband or daughter to comfort her she was alone and scared. Anyone of us would have wanted to go home after receiving such bad news and cried on the shoulder of our loved ones. We would have wanted someone there to tell us the words we all want to hear in a time like this “Everything is going to be okay.” Rachel like all of us thinks of family as only blood relatives and didn’t realized she was part of an informal family. She had friends who were willing to interrupt their own lives to help her and do whatever was necessary in this time of need. She also realized the type of friends she had who were there not only material but emotionally .This experience helped her to know the difference of living alone and being alone.
Just like Rachel I too have had an experience that showed me who my true friends are. My husband and I went to México on vacation three years ago. On one of the nights in México my husband woke up with a pain in his stomach it was so bad I had to take him to the emergency room. When the doctor finally examines him he told us he had to take his appendix out. We had no medical insurance and didn’t know how we would get the money for this surgery. I didn’t show any fear in front of my husband I told him I would take care of everything and for him just to focus on feeling better. I started calling our families and close friends many of them heard what I had to say but didn’t help. Others didn’t even bother picking my phone call. I wanted to panic and scream I felt as the whole world had closed the door on us. Then one day a co-worker calls me and says I heard what happen to your husband I got a bones at work and wanted to give it to you. I couldn’t believe it the person I expected the least to help us out was her. She even told me I could take as long as I need to pay her back. The amount was enough to pay the surgery, medical expenses and buy our plane tickets back home. When we finally arrived home she went to visit and help us by running errands and bringing groceries too. This whole experience changed the way we see blood relatives and family this co-worker didn’t need to interrupt her own life to help us. We are till this day forever grateful with her.
Rachel felt lonely, she felt like no one would be there for her because she was divorced and her daughter was away at collage. She had so many friends helping her get through this hard time in her life. Just like Rachel I learned how family is not blood, family are the people who are there for you when you need them the most. Just like Rachel I think that then the time comes to give or receive such help, let us do so with both graciousness and a generosity of spirit.
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