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This truly touched my heart!
03/15/2024

This truly touched my heart!

I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up 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 1940's 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, 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 to be 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 in a soft voice.. ‘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.
At the bottom of this great story was a request to forward this - I deleted that request because if you have read to this point, you won't have to be asked to pass it along you just will...
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance............

02/06/2024

This is a good listen!

Good morning y'all,This my sister Cathy's home going anniversary, it has been two years today. She is sorely missed by h...
02/04/2024

Good morning y'all,
This my sister Cathy's home going anniversary, it has been two years today. She is sorely missed by her my sister Dee and myself, her daughter Chancey, her grandson Blake and great grandsons.
I love and miss you sis...very much.

02/01/2024

Looks great!

01/16/2024

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Very thankful that I was able to take photos at the Lady's Tournament at Bill's Bar & Grill. I seen some friends I hadn'...
08/21/2022

Very thankful that I was able to take photos at the Lady's Tournament at Bill's Bar & Grill. I seen some friends I hadn't seen in a while and made some new ones. It was a good day.
I hope you enjoy the photo's.
Blessings,
Guyla Burger / Country Roads Photography

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08/10/2022

I LOVE THIS!

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08/06/2022
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07/28/2022

I grew up in Newkirk, Ok. Never once did I think I was raised by lower income parents during a time when almost everyone treated each other with respect. We didn't eat a lot of fast food because it was considered a treat, not a food group. We drank Kool-Aid made from water that came from our kitchen sink with real sugar. We ate bologna sandwiches, or even tuna (which was in a can not a pouch), PB&J & grilled cheese sandwiches, hot dogs, macaroni & cheese, pot pies, but mostly homemade meals consisting of meat, potatoes, vegetables, bread, butter, and homemade dessert; and every once in a while, we ate chitlins, not me.
We grew up during a time when we mowed lawns, pulled weeds, helped neighbors with chores to be able to earn our own money.
We went outside a lot to play kickball, football, dodgeball, basketball, sledding, swim, rode bikes (and popped wi***es) ran with friends & played hide and seek (and hide and go get it with the girls). We drank tap water from the water hose outside... bottled water was unheard of. If we had a coke -it was in a glass bottle ... and we didn’t break the bottle when finished.
We watched TV shows like Good Times, The Jefferson’s, Bonanza, Gun Smoke, Alf, Diff'rent Strokes, Full House, Leave It To Beaver, Gilligan's Island, Happy Days, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, The Rifleman, Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Sanford and Son, Dukes of Hazzard, WWF Wrestling, and I Love Lucy. After school, we came home and did homework and chores, before going outside or having friends over. We would ride our bikes for hours. We had to tell our parents where we were going, who we were going with, and be home when the streetlights came on!
You LEARNED from your parents instead of disrespecting them and treating them as if they knew absolutely nothing. What they said was LAW, and you did not question it, and you had better know it!!!
In school we said the Pledge of Allegiance, we stood for the National Anthem, and listened to our teachers.
We watched what we said around our elders because we knew if we DISRESPECTED any grown-up, we would get our behinds whipped, it wasn't called abuse, it was called discipline! We held doors, carried groceries, and gave up our seat for an older person without being asked. You didn't hear curse words on the radio in songs or TV, and if you cursed and got caught you had a bar of soap stuck in your mouth.
“Please, thank you, yes please, no thank you, yes ma'am, no ma'am yes sir, and no sir were part of our daily vocabulary!
The world we live in now is just so full of crooked people, hate and disrespect for others.
post if you're thankful for your childhood. (Change where you grew up.) I will never forget where I came from and only wish children now days had half the chance at the fun and respect for real life we grew up with! ✨
I wouldn't trade my childhood for the world!!!

07/24/2022
Okay, yesterday my hubby and myself went to Winette for my grandsons birthday. We had a really good day...there was Peyt...
07/24/2022

Okay, yesterday my hubby and myself went to Winette for my grandsons birthday. We had a really good day...there was Peyton's mom, Melony...Tara...sister and brother...B-pa (Billie Smith) and Papa (B my hubby). Mel and Tara surprised Peyton with a wonderful bicycle (you'll see it in the pics.).

My friend, Michele Speziale, and I went on an adventure yesterday. We went to Corn & Colony, Oklahoma.Corn is a quiet to...
06/18/2022

My friend, Michele Speziale, and I went on an adventure yesterday. We went to Corn & Colony, Oklahoma.
Corn is a quiet town with very nice people...we were privileged to meet the Mayor of the town and visit with her about places to take pictures and about the happenings of the town. We had a good time and took quite a few pictures.
After Corn, we went to Colony...it truly was cool. I love the paintings on the side of the buildings and the history written on plaques on main street.

These photos were taken at a small town called Lexington...my daughter, Melony Pope, lives in an even smaller town call ...
05/07/2022

These photos were taken at a small town called Lexington...my daughter, Melony Pope, lives in an even smaller town call Wanette. We had a great time, took a lot of pictures and laughed a lot. It was a great day!
Blessings,
Guyla Jo Burger

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