Rose had a beautiful daughter of 5 years old. She was admitted in a ballet school and was doing so well. But One day her daughter, Kim was diagnosed with Leukemia. The beautiful Kim was no more beautiful and she didn't have strength to stand up let alone to go on ballet.
After 6 months of intense treatment, Kim's all the hair was fallen. She only slept all her days in the bed. Her mom was all the time by herself. But it was too difficult for her father. Rose's husband left one day and showed the reason of the environment. He said that it was hard for him to live in that depressed atmosphere and so he was leaving.
He even didn't say goodbye to his ailing daughter and left forever. He promised to help them financially. But he never came by himself neither sent a check. When Rose was in much more difficulties, she tried to phone him. But it was showing that the number was out of service. And with the changing of number, her husband also disappeared from their life.
Rose was so upset. She had no one left to rely on and had to face her daughter's terrible illness by herself. She worked in a bulb producing company and keeping the daughter alone in the house, she had to go there. And moreover, she needed more money and so asked for a double shift. Rose had been working there for 10 years and she also had been the best employer of the year for many times.
And this is why the authority also let her to do double shift because they knew that she had some techniques those were so helpful. Rose also liked her job and the friendly team. Her colleagues also adored her for her kind heart and her wisdom. They often came to her for help or advice.
One day she was working and one of her colleagues came to her in happy face. She told Rose that their last talk had saved her marriage. Rose said that she was very happy for both of them but the tension line was not decreasing at all. The colleague gave her some chocolate chips and said that she had made them for Kim because she knew her daughter liked it.
After a lot of misfortune there was one good thing. The factory gave her an insurance that covered all her daughter's medical expenses. She was again admitted in the hospital and her treatment was going good. The doctor and the nurse always took care of Kim.
But Rose salary was barely enough for rent and to live on. She never spend much on herself; but she always tried to cheer up her daughter. One day she presented a pair of ballet shoes and she became so happy. She exclaimed with joy that it was a new pair of ballet shoes. Her mom smiled and said that everyone at ballet school was waiting for her. She added that they said that there would be no performance until Kim got better and came back. This made the little Kim so happy.
Rose prayed all the time for her daughter. She believed that her beloved daughter would be recovered soon. And the sun rays would be visible.
After two years of an exhausting battle with the disease, it was time to hear that long cherished news. The doctor informed Rose that her daughter had overcome the disease. She exclaimed with happiness and said that it was the best day of her life. But the doctor had another news to say. He said that though Kim had overcome, she was still very weak and needed her 24 hours care.
She got tensed and asked the doctor how long before her daughter got better. She added that she had run out of paid and unpaid leave at work. The doctor told her that a full recovery would not come in less than a year. She said that she would get fired if she asked for that much time off. He asked to decided which was more important to her.
And of course, Rose had chosen her daughter. In all that time, Rose had learned to quickly and completely perform all the complicated multiple procedures needed to care for her daughter. But she couldn't leave her daughter with a strange nurse. She was home and couldn't go to work in that time of crisis. So, she came up with a plan.
The next day, she invited one of her colleagues for a talk. Rose said to her that she had to quit job to look after Kim. She was shocked and asked what she was going to live on. Rose hesitated for a while and then said that she decided to sell her kidney. The colleague became more astonished. And Rose asked her if she could look after Kim while she got the surgery. The colleague said sorry because she had to go then and promised her to call at night.
The colleague rushed to the factory and quickly assembled a general meeting. She told everyone that Rose had helped most of them more than once with a cause or some advice. And then she really needed their help. She told her colleagues about Rose's story and asked them to share Rose's shift, so she would not have to quit. And surprisingly all 650 employees of the factory unanimously agreed to work overtime for Rose even those with no personal knowledge of her.
No one knew how long it would take Rose to take care of her daughter. But as a result, the kind hearted colleagues worked for 3264 hours or 400 working days which Rose received as paid leave and spent those days taking care of her daughter.
After that year, little Kim finally recovered. She also got her hair and beauty back. Soon after that Kim went back to her favorite ballet school and Rose to her factory. That day another general meeting was arranged and she gratefully stated that:
Her colleagues were not just making light bulbs there. They were glowing inside themselves with kindness. And she would thanked them for the rest of her life.
Remember that kindness is giving hope to those who think they are all alone in this world.
I loved this story,heartfelt,i feel like to cry...