The journey from youth to old age and then finding the will to live again
A Reason To Find The Will To Live
By Paul McCann
Jimmy was wild child , a lone wolf . He was always making trouble . He was expelled from school at year 7 . The principle had given him too many warnings . He couldn’t be taught and was unable to read or write when he was expelled .
He started work at an early age , pushing wheelbarrows and carrying brinks up ladders on building sites . He was quick to learn new skills and soon learnt to drive a truck and eventually he became a fulltime truck driver .
Sally was a tom boy ; she was in and out of fights all the time at school . Her parents couldn’t control her . At an early age she had a few tattoos on her body . She had a motor bike that she rode to school and never made many friends . When she left school, her parents help fund the cost to open up a tattoo parlour . There was a chemistry between Sally and Jimmy and before long they were dating .
Sallys parents were not happy with Jimmy and Sally wasn’t happy about that .
One night Sally and Jimmy pelted their house with stones and not long after that Jimmy and Sally got married .
Eventually Sally’s parents accepted him for who he was and things got better between them .
Sally continued working in her tattoo parlour and Jimmy stayed behind the wheel carting hay to farmers in big semi-trailers . He took an interest to music and found anew pastime playing the guitar . Sally and Jimmy had a little show they did once a week around the pubs singing country songs to the crowds there .
Happy and healthy they lived together then as their children arrived one after the other, they took a break from playing music to bring up their kids .
In the passage of time , all their children listened to their songs and stories .
40 years down the track Sally and Jimmy were admitted into a nursing home and their children visited for a while but they were busy bringing up children of their won so the visits became fewer and eventually they never came at all .
Sally passe away and Jimmy was not doing so good , He fell into a depression and sat alone everyday .
One of the nurses who worked in the nursing home read through his life story that was on record in the computer in the nursing home and she instantly took a liking to Jimmy and she wanted to try a few different strategies to help him find a reason to live .
She brought a device with some country music for him to listen to and she brought in a guitar and left it in his room . She put some photos of trucks around his room and started to get him talking .
One day as she was helping him with his hygiene, she saw the two tattoos on his back and asked him if he had been in prison .
Fore the first time Jimmy laughed and replied.
“Why do you ask me that . I’ve never been to prison in my life “
The young nurse replied ,.
“Those bird tattoos on your back are the ones worn by inmates who have been to high security prisons “
Jimmy was intrigued and said ,
“When I met Sally, I just like those birds , they were in a book she had and I asked her if she could put them on me , not long after that we got married “
Then Jimmy started talking about Sally and when he told the nurse how they used to perform at the local pubs the young nurse asked if he would play a few songs for her “
Jimmy picked up the guitar and played a Tom Waits song.
“I hope that I Don’t Fall in Love with You “
The nurse knew that song and she began to sing it as Jimmy played .
Suddenly there was a glow about Jimmy that she had never seen .
She asked Jimmy if he would play for the other residents in the nursing home and he gave it some thought and eventually with a little gentle persuasion he said he would .
One afternoon Jimmy performed for all the residents who loved his music the director of nursing asked Jimmy to play more often .
Eventually Jimmy was a regular on the nursing home bus playing his songs on outings with the other residents who all sang along .
Jimmy had found the will to live again and with a song in his heart he lived for many years in the nursing home doing what he liked to do best .
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A Reason To Find The Will To Live
