A Promise Fulfilled

The first time I went out with the community health workers in October, we visited a lady in a wheelchair who was paralysed in her right side. She couldn’t leave her house because there was a step down. We got on so well and she was really disappointed that I wouldn’t be around for her birthday in June. I told her she could be like the queen in England and have an official birthday. I said next time I go back it will be her birthday.

Well after that things got pretty busy and I didn’t have the chance to go back and visit her. But yesterday I finally had that opportunity.

She was so excited to see me again which was so lovely. I took her a chocolate cake and some shortbread biscuits, along with some sweets. She loved all these and was so pleased with her cake. But I also had a present specially for her. I had found a beautiful fine bracelet I thought she would like. It was handmade and so delicate [it was just too big for me, shame!]

She was so happy with it and put it on straight away. I felt so good that I had been given the chance to go back and bless this wonderful lady in such a small and simple way.

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About Nicola

Hi, thanks for reading. I'm Nicola and I'm volunteering for a year with Oasis UK, a christian based charity. From October 6th 2008 I will be living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa for nearly 6 months. When I return to England on March 15th 2009, I will be based in Salford, Manchester until August.

4 thoughts on “A Promise Fulfilled

  1. I’m afraid I must be excluded from the collectivity implied by Michael’s pronoun. Though the primary disadvantage detailed thus is only applicable to those of us with substantially reddened bank accounts, I’ll include it nonetheless, in case the lovely couple ever find themselves financially destitute…Let it never be said that you were not forewarned!

    1. Girliness means emptier pockets. For evidence of this phenomenon, we need look no further than Nicola’s original response to this thread. Sadly, necklaces and bracelets do not yet grow on trees. Therefore, the acquisition of such items usually necessitates the advancement of some sort of financial incentive. I disregard mention of watches and rings on the basis that many married couples in the Western World choose to openly express their commitment by exchanging rings. Watches are also frequently warn by men and women.
    2. Nicola’s girliness will require a Pact Constitutional rethink. Given the amount of effort already invested in the original draft, this is certainly undesirable.
    3. If one accepts that there is positive correlation between adopting a girly approach to life with a liking for undertaking domestic chors, there would be no alternative but to launch a vigorous investigation into the level of logic foundation now present within Michael. Refer to this denial of association between Godliness and cleanliness for proof by contradiction.

    I rest my case.

  2. I fear that Daz might be right. Nicola the Tomboy rest in peace! Do not consider it an impropriety that your tomb is encrusted with jewels, decorated with bangles and suffused with delicate perfumes. We mourn your passing! But every era must come to an end. And now! We cry! Long live girly Nicola!

  3. My girliness is something to be applauded! Today for example, I am wearing a necklace, bracelet, watch and 2 rings. The only adition to what I wear in England is the bracelet. Lol! Well it seems there’s hope for all tomboys out there!
    And Nay, no offense, but I’ve always been more girlie than you, anyway!

  4. While your charitable efforts are to be applauded, I wish to draw attention to the question of you being in possession of such a thing as a bracelet in the first place. Nicola, are you or are you not a typical female? You left the Father Land as an ambassador of logic and yet it seems you are undergoing a radical transformation toward the illogical end of the scale. How can I possibly sit back and watch my good friend Michael, fall in love with one representative of the very principles we fought so valiantly from our time at Worcester, by promoting positive logic discrimination in practice in our Board Games?

    Ahem. Implied Lebanon distain aside (dear reader ask not for explanation if you are thus uninformed) great stuff! Happy birthday! :)

    Daz

    P.S: Carry on down this road and you might find yourself inaugurated into Naomi’s symbolic family, maybe even as her superior!

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