Posted by: littleness on: November 12, 2008
Via Skype:
“[15:09:24] <ex colleague> says: do me a favour
[15:09:36] <ex colleague> says: go to <a current colleague>’s desk…
[15:09:41] <ex colleague> says: and give her a hug from me
[15:09:43] <ex colleague> says: “
A strange request but I figure, why not? I’ve read enough about how therapeutic hugs are…
So off I went… a few steps [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 7, 2008
Today, a surgeon called a former patient going through chemotherapy to treat colon cancer to ask how she was doing and to tell her to “hang in there”, to be strong and to tell her that she’s doing well. She sat and cried “happy tears”, because he took the time to acknowledge her as a [...]