Clarence The Prequel

As my confidence in who I had become grew, while staying at the nursing home, I began to observe the people around me. I wanted to help every one of my new friends in the ways each of them needed. There were many needs, one being Clarence.

Clarence was a 37 year old man with an extreme case of uncontrollable Diabetes. Most of you know that diabetes is a disease where the body has a difficult time breaking sugar down, so your system can process it into the blood as energy, by the use of insulin. If your body doesn't make enough insulin or if the insulin doesn't work the way it should, blood sugar can't get into your cells and instead it stays in your blood, raising your blood sugar. If too much sugar stays in your blood for a long time, it can damage blood vessels and nerves.

Clarence's insulin would decrease to the point of death, if the nurses did not monitor him hourly. His body would not produce insulin at all, which was causing damage to the point that it was rotting drastically. This produced a horrid smell. Other patients and staff complained about this odor, which made him radically self-conscious. 

To protect himself from the hurt of rejection, he put up a wall of bitterness and spitefulness, that way no one wanted be around him. There was also an act from him of I don't care what you think of me.

I  recognized the anger and smell. I could understood this lonely feeling from being in the LDS hospital, when I first got sick. That's when I knew what God would have me do.

I was to befriend Clarence, find the hurt inside. Then I was to try to be God's heart and hands for Him, by soothing Clarence's hurts and pain. Boy! What a wonderful honor God allowed me!...

But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

Job 16:5

I am blessed

Merrym Dawn Mathis Bruce