On and off mumsie got to hear stories that will `touch' mumsie's heart and mumsie remember one of David's friends telling mumsie the following story..which mumsie will like to share it with who-so-ever reads mumsie's blog and hopefully impart some lessons to them....how one human being in adversity tries to help make another's last days brighter and happier.....It goes like this.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon . His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. They spoke for hours on end -- of their wives and families, their homes, their job....

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be livened by the activities and colours of the wourl ouside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake..Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every colour and fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. Parades may pass by ..Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

Days and weeks passed..

One morning, the man by the window, died in his sleep.
Then the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch. But after slowly and painfully, propping himself up to take his first look at the real world outside, he found that the window faced a blank wall.!!!
Surprised, he asked the nurse what could have complelled his dead roommate to describe such wonderful things outside this window.
The nurse was taken aback.."But he was BLIND AND COULD NOT EVEN SEE THE WALL"
"Perhaps," she wondered aloud, "he just wanted you to be happy"
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps...