Luke Bryer grew up with very few of the amenities that so many of his schoolmates enjoyed; his father passed away when he was still in his mother’s womb and she, wanting to give him all the world could offer, was unable to do so because she was not intellectually gifted and therefore ended up with a menial, low paying job at the nearby airport. Sarah managed to provide food, shelter and an occasional extravagance for Luke, who was the very center of her world. She and Luke were inseparable and Luke’s eyes grew as big as half-dollar coins whenever she smiled at him. He wanted nothing more than to make her happy and therefore applied himself quite studiously in the classroom, always rising to the top of his class. On his thirteenth birthday, knowing of his love for violin music, she purchased an old violin at a local pawn shop. Its appearance paled in comparison to the shiny new violins that the other kids in band class owned, but in Luke’s astute young hands, it soon out played all of them. As years passed Sarah began suffering from severe pain in the ball of her left foot, but due to her limited income and lack of insurance it went untreated. Many were the nights that she’d come home in such pain and Luke wanted nothing more than to relieve her. Having done all within his limited ability to ease her physical suffering, he would play the most soothing melodies that lifted her spiritually to a place far from the center of her pain. With a desire to help Sarah financially Luke began following her to work at the airport, violin in tow, where he’d play for hours at a time leaving his violin case open to welcome the donations from those duly impressed passersby. Eventually Luke earned a scholarship and went on to a local Medical College where he majored in the field of podiatry. Luke Bryer DPM was the first and last foot doctor that Sarah Bryer ever visited; she now dances to the strings of his violin and quit her job at the airport.
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