I'm currently sporting a hot pink waterproof cast. I chose pink because fluorescent orange would be too showy. I will pause to let you savor the humor in that.
It all started at work.
I was talking with the evening supervisor about being newly left-handed. Before I realized it, one of the nursing assistants took a marker and wrote "I LOVE U" on my cast.
Rather stunned and feeling slightly stupid, I was speechless.
But then the supervisor had a great idea. She called the other nursing assistants over and asked them to write "I love you" in their own first languages.
Thus my International Love Cast was born. First, it was abbreviated English and then Ukrainian. Next came Nepalese and French. One of my patients wrote "Ich leiben diche" for German. It was a little late to correct her spelling, but it does add charm. My niece wrote "te amo."
This is where I became temporarily extroverted.
I was out shopping and heard a family speaking a language I didn't recognize. I started with, "May I ask you a favor...?" They were intrigued and I now have Tibetan for "I hope you get well soon."
Motivation does surprising things.
Sooo, if English isn't your first language, don't be startled if a girl in a pink cast approaches you and asks you to join in the #InternationalLoveCast. It's all in fun and we might become friends, too!
As an aside, does anyone have a cure for Sandi Patty's "Love in Any Language"? I keep singing it. That, and the Miracles' "I'm Just a Love Machine."
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