Love at First Sight in Verona

Spending four months on the Continent and England, I noticed that no one would look me in the eye whenever I came face to face with them on the streets, in the parks or anywhere else. I guess I must have been downright rude staring at them all the time.

On a bus in Verona, as I stood facing a lady seated a short distance away, I could not help but look at her. She was simply dressed in a decidedly non-couture yellow tank top and jeans, but her beauty needed no adornment. She had a presence and almost an aura that drew my eyes to her, with her high cheekbones, fair complexion and intelligent dark brown eyes, framed by a sharply cut Cleopatra bob of black hair. Catching me staring, she looked up and smiled.

I smiled back and I could feel her eyelashes caressing me as I continued to look at her. I would take a furtive peek at her, every now and then. I was excitedly thrilled. I guess I had fallen in love at first sight like Romeo did in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

We got down at the same bus stop and I began following her but then I heard my daughter, Nicole, shouting, "Hey, Daddy! This way! "

I had no choice but to turn around and follow Nicole.  That captivating, smiling lady was soon swallowed up by the milling crowd going in the opposite direction.

ltbs

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand..
Mother Teresa

A Nasty Fall From a Hammock

Early one morning while I was lying in a hammock, enjoying a book and listening to the falling rain on the corrugated zinc roof, one end of the hammock suddenly gave way. It happened so fast that I found myself falling, hitting the back of my head hard on the concrete floor and being blinded by bright light momentarily.

I stayed on the floor for a few minutes and when my sight returned, I examined my head with my left hand. I found a slight bump but there was no bleeding on my head. I felt all right, too, so I got up.

I then phoned my wife and told her about the incident. I said that I was fine but she told me to stay where I was. She drove up within twenty minutes and insisted that she take me to the doctor's.

The GP examined my head, my eyes and my reflexes on my arms and my legs. He then told me that he could not find anything physically wrong with me. However, should I suffer any extreme giddiness, vomiting, or bleeding from the nose or ears later within the next twenty-four hours, my wife should rush me to the hospital.

We left the clinic, feeling a bit apprehensive while we waited for twenty-four hours. We were rather relieved that I did not suffer any further serious symptoms except for a sore left shoulder and a slight pain on the back of the head when the time limit was over.

ltbs

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa