https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:15:06 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:17:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=22882 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557782&title=moments#557782 Author: caitlynsmygirl
Subject: 22882
Posted: 02 December 2008 at 4:17pm

definetly ]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:17:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557782&title=moments#557782 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557653&title=moments#557653 Author: Daizy
Subject: 22882
Posted: 02 December 2008 at 2:09pm

Aww]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:09:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557653&title=moments#557653 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557556&title=moments#557556 Author: myfullhouse
Subject: 22882
Posted: 02 December 2008 at 12:34pm

Yes definately lots of ]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:34:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557556&title=moments#557556 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557551&title=moments#557551 Author: NeoshasMummy
Subject: 22882
Posted: 02 December 2008 at 12:30pm

]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:30:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557551&title=moments#557551 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557426&title=moments#557426 Author: caraMel
Subject: 22882
Posted: 02 December 2008 at 10:18am

Oooohh ]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:18:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557426&title=moments#557426 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22882&PID=557363&title=moments#557363 Author: Glow
Subject: 22882
Posted: 02 December 2008 at 9:02am

I arrived at the address where someone had requested a taxi. I honked but no one came out. I honked again, nothing. So I walked to the door and knocked. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.

By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets..

There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.

'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, and then returned to assist the woman.

She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated'..
'Oh, you're such a good boy', she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, and then asked, 'Could you drive through downtown?'

'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly.
'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice'.

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued. 'The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.

Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

'How much do I owe you?' she asked, reaching into her purse.
'Nothing,' I said

'You have to make a living,' she answered.

'There are other passengers,' I responded.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.

'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said.

'Thank you.'

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.
I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift?
What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?
On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL

Thank you, my friend..U the best

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.
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