Your favorite welcome story

[Lucille]

Sometimes, when you take the time to make people feel welcome, you can change their lives. Whether you welcome them to your family, a church, school, group, or just a random act of kindness to a passing stranger, the impact of your welcome can go much farther than you expected.

I remember one time I was testing a small child's vision. Something made me test more than once. After several tests it was clear he was peeking with the other eye; I sat him down in the clinic and welcomed him and just talked to him, and finally he admitted he could not see very much at all out of one eye but had always just compensated with the other eye and had not told anyone of his deficiency.

I called his mom and referred him, and she later informed me that the doctor told her that but for my intervention, there was a possibility of permanent vision consequences including blindness without the program the doctor prescribed of patching the good eye to force the weaker eye to perform.

Do you have any stories where you welcomed someone and your welcome made a difference to their life?

 

[Bella17]

I have an interesting welcome,

It started when my neighbors moved in, man o man, did i have a crush on the new guy.. he was GEORGOUS.. but he was married, and didnt know how old he was.. he was just nice to look at.. Now im not one to make the first move or go up to someone, im always afraid of rejection.. So i never went over to say hello to the new neighbors, and greet them. They lived there for a year and a half and the day of my graduation party, i saw the guy out there, All my friends and family and half the neighborhood was over, except them so i was out by my car, and i really wanted something smart to say.. but all that came out was.. " i have a cotton candy machine in the back, you should come check it out and have a beer."
He laughed and said he'd talk to the wife..
An hour later im thinkin.. wow.. i'm a fool.. talk about rejection, they arent comming.. But sure thing, within 5 min of me saying that.. here comes Scott(the guy) with no wife.. he stayed most the party, until everyone left.
For a week straight after that, he came over and brought his dog claiming she wanted to play with mine. Slowly our conversations got more in depth, We got into a convo about what you want in life and such, and i said.. my moto was " If you ever have any doubts, then there is something wrong, trust your gut, and do what YOU feel is right"
He looked at me like i just gave him his life back..
Then he disappeared for 2 months.. i was pretty bummed out.. didnt come to visit.
Then one night there was a knock on the door, and he was standing there.. and he said we should have a bomb fire.. so i was like alllright.. umm ill get that started.. we sat and talked from 10 at night until 8 in the morning.
Turns out he took what i said and applied it to his life. He realized he wasnt happy with his marriage, and when he was happy was when he got to talk to me, and bring his dog over..

He got divorced and we have been dating for almost a year. Never been happier in my life.

Its a bit awkward because he moved into an apartment, and she kept the house.. soooo she is still my niehgbor and istill have yet to meet her.. although id rather not now.

Funny thing was, all the times i thought, he doesnt even notice me, yada yada.. i prob shouldnt even wave at him. Maybe if i take my dog running ill get to see him.. so and so forth.. after we started talking.. he started saying the same stuff, about how he was nervouse to talk to me, he used to see me take my dog for runs, so he would leash his dog up and run out the door to try and catch up with me.. all the silly stuff i did and said, he did too! We both just never got up the nerve to actually do anything bout it. Until i came up with the cotton candy line

My story isnt quite as honorable as Lucille's, but i thought it was a big change in someones life, and i had something to do with it..

P.s. He LOVES my snakes! haha he's a keeper!


Michelle