Sweet Things

It’s the little things that truly count. This weekend, I spoke on giving care with compassion and dignity at the UH medical school in Hawaii and of all the positive and generous responses received, this stands out.

A man in the audience purchased three of my books and handed me a match-box sized candy. “This is for you,” he said. He reminded me of young students in class who would hold on to their bar of candy, debating all day whether they should eat it or give it to their teacher. And at the end of the day, I would be handed a bar of candy, soft and melted from heat from loving hands.