Waiting at the hospital for like 5 hours in the waiting room, not eating lunch beforehand nor breakfast was a horrible idea.

I wasn’t thinking.

I felt nauseous. Sick in the waiting room. Frustrated because the wait times were just so ridiculously long.

I was constantly checking on my mom, to see if she was okay. Trying to calm her down. Being randomly called up by nurses only to sit back down (most of the time losing our seat, and having to wait another).Yes it’s a long wait time, 5 hours is a long time.. 

I was doing that on the outside. Being optimistic. 

On the inside? Geez. I was uncomfortable.
I barely ate breakfast. I didn’t even eat much dinner the night before and skipped lunch to rush to the hospital. Water? yeah. Stupid of me
 
I felt nauseous and faint.

I had my hand rested on my forehead. I was getting dizzy, uncomfortable. Looking at the time on my phone, checking up on my mom. 

Then. Something made me smile.

A lady was watching me and my mother. She was coming with a patient as well. She taped my shoulder and offered me a giant rice crispy bar from her bag and smiled, urging me to take it (I must have really looked horrible). She waited the same amount of time we had if not longer.

I forced a smile and declined respectfully. I said “thank you so much, but it’s okay.” 
”Are you sure?” she asked.
“Yes I said. No really, thank you for the thought”. And I continued smiling. ”Thank you.”

The action and thought alone gave me energy. It just made my day. I love … random acts of kindness. 
On the way back, I couldn’t hep smiling and waving bye.

I just thought I’d post up that thought.