There are many strange and wonderful gadgets and therapies in the ever widening world of health care.
Bells and whistles to call for help or to help the nurse.
Beds that lay flat or raise or lower searching for comfort and for ease.
Medicines that calm fuzzy nerves, dull shooting pains or bring a long day to darkened close.
But the most magical and cherished of all is the plain, beige, soft flannel sheets warmed to not quite hot ~ soft warmth sinking through skin deep into bones that cry out with cold, muscles cramping with pain or feet turned to unyielding blocks of ice ~ blanketing, cosying, warming and calming.
Warm flannel blankets, wrapped ‘round in hugs, bring smiles and deep sighs, trusted always to bring relief even from tears of sadness, grief or despair.
“The most complicated skill is to be simple.”
~ Dejan Stojanovic
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