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I have been so touched by this since the day it happened that I truly needed to share it. You probably think that this would be a story of a friend who knocked on my door unexpectedly out of the clear blue.<\/p>\n
But no , that isn’t what happened.<\/p>\n
A long lost lover ?<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Instead this is a story about true friendship, love , caring.<\/p>\n
Last weekend I came down with THE WORST stomach flu that I can remember. It came out of nowhere after having a wonderful evening with a dear friend of mine downtown.<\/p>\n
I literally threw up almost every hour starting at 9 or 10pm. I had the chills and I was sweating all at the same time. My cats had no idea what was going on!<\/p>\n
I tried talking activated charcoal with some applesauce as I swore this was food poisoning!<\/p>\n
Well, that didn’t work so well!<\/p>\n
I drank some water to keep hydrated and that was the wrong thing to do!<\/p>\n
By the wee hours of the night, my body was truly exhausted and I started to feel faint.<\/p>\n
Yet, my stomach just kept on with it’s violent attacks.<\/p>\n
For the first time in my adult life, I was afraid to be alone , fearing that in fact, I would pass out , I felt that sick. What would happen if I did pass out? Would I hit my head? Who would find me? What about my cats? All these fears kept racing through my mind.<\/p>\n
I called for help. And my girlfriend Angie – answered right away.<\/p>\n
I could only stay on the line for a brief moment as my stomach once again raged on.<\/p>\n
I crawled from the bathroom to the kitchen and made it to the door to unlock it for my friend to get into the house.<\/p>\n
She arrived somewhere between three and four in the morning.. I can’t recall.<\/p>\n
And she sat with me . We watched HGTV and commented on which house the person should buy.<\/p>\n
She brought me some water as I threw up yet again while she was there.<\/p>\n
Finally, through sheer exhaustion. My eyes drew heavy and sleep was calling.<\/p>\n
And my girlfriend continued to sit with me.<\/p>\n
She sat with me until she knew I was going to fall asleep and that it was safe to go.<\/p>\n
I did sleep, not for long, but I did.<\/p>\n
The stomach flu continued its ugliness through the next few days, but my heart was so full of gratitude and love for my friend.<\/p>\n
I will never forget this act of kindness in the middle of the night, when fear gripped my mind.<\/p>\n
I am crying as I write this for the love my friend showed to me. Truly I will never forget what she did for me.<\/p>\n
Sometimes all we need is a friend.<\/p>\n
Kimberley <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been so touched by this since the day it happened that I truly needed to share it. You probably think that this would be a story of a friend who knocked on my door unexpectedly out of the clear blue. But no , that isn’t what happened. A long lost lover ? No. Instead this is a story about true friendship, love , caring. Last weekend I came down with THE WORST stomach flu that I can remember. It came out of nowhere after having a wonderful evening with a dear friend of mine downtown. I literally threw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[500,501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-inspiration-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n