My mother was a nurse and often took me along to visit the families she was caring for. Among them was a1 who had a serious disease and was always lying on the bed.
One afternoon, my mom told me that we needed to visit the woman at her home, and that we needed to be there to 2 treatment, and we would stop at a store on the way. I thought we would stop at a 3 store, where we can buy some pills, but we pulled up to a 4 . My mom headed to the make-up area and bought the most expensive bottle of perfume it5 . To my surprise, she also bought a 6 nightdress. When I asked my mom who these things were for, she said they were for her patient. My mom further explained that although this woman was older and unable to 7 her bed, she was still a lady, and she still 8 dignity (尊严) and beauty. She 9 to me that when we care for someone, we should look past the 10 or the illness and we look into the soul of the human so we can connect with them with pity and sympathy.
I 11 realized that my mother's great strengths and abilities were 12 the very young and the very old, those who can not 13 out their needs and hope for themselves, and need trustworthy and loving care providers. Under the influence of my mother, I knew in the 9th grade I would become a 14 . Today, my dream has come true. I work as a clinical psychologist, working hard and remembering what my mom taught me, and I'm not 15 that I find my work filled with patients who are very, very old.
