A chair

These last few weeks have been filled with busy, busy, helping sessions. Yesterday- was know exception. I was heading over to see one of my clients, and she was getting ready to go on a trip. She will be moving for the first time in many, many, years to a much a smaller place. I could see there are some overwhelming feelings with this move and some anxiety that was filling her head. This particular client- (permission to share) is making progress each day and continues to battle the urges and cravings! It is a blessing when a client gets to get out of dodge and visit their loved ones. As we begin to start our session, I could sense that she was eager to ask me something. Really eager! Her husband is in the hospital, and will be there for the rest of his life. She wanted to deliver a brand new recliner chair to him at the hospital, right now, this very second. Usually, when I have the planned request ahead of time, I am able to meet most of my clients requests, but it needs to scheduled. Remember, I see 7 people some days all over are area. Well, I could see my client was determined to get this chair to her aiding husband. I said sure, we will make the time, but we must go right now. The hospital is 20 minuets away, and we could do our session in the car on the way there. Seemed simple enough for this writer. However, its road construction time in our area, and the traffic was filled with what appeared at the time, millions of travelers. I was thinking to myself how am I going to get back in time to my next client across town? We continue the journey, and begin to talk about her upcoming trip, and how positive energy will help her in a new place, and her moving to a new place can be a positive change if she is willing to accept the challenge. This particular client is a older person, working through many challenges in her life at this age, plus a addiction. Tough stuff! We finally get there, and I need to track down some help, the chair is super heavy! I go into the front entrance, and they are swamped, busy. I can see the time, and my whole schedule for the day will be messed up. After some sweet talking, we get a cart, and I and the other staff to load the chair with me onto the cart and I am instructed to wheel it up to my clients husbands room. We had to take a elevator, all the elevators are busy, again, the word busy. Then I see all these elderly people in the hospital waiting for the elevator, some complaining how long they have been there, and they need to be on first, and they will get on first. Remember, Im in a Veterans Hospital, and most of the people need extra time to move, walk, wheel their wheel chair. I realize Im going to be late, and I need to speed this up. My client senses this, as most older people do. After 15 minuets we get on the elevator, and head to the room. Im pushing this heavy cart with chair, trying to maneuver through the all the clients in our path, which is a difficult thing. Everyone want to say Hi, and see who the chair is going to? After a weaving and passing, the room is in sight. My client goes in gives her husband a hug, then I am instructed to bring in the chair with the help of the aide who was there, as we begin to bring it in, I am introduced to her husband. At that time, time stopped! Just like that. He is in a wheel chair, his roommate in a wheel chair, neither of them can talk. Her husband looks at me, then the chair, and he smiles, not just a smile, but the room could be pitch dark and his smile would light it all up. I felt the positive energy, as I looked quickly at my client she was in tears. A chair could bring so much joy for that second, it was amazing. Time did not matter, my schedule did not matter- it was not about me, it was about a chair that brought positive energy to a person who needed it and a wife who needed it, and a helper who needed to be reminded of the simple things in life- helping others! Stay in your health, stay in the moment.