This afternoon while visiting a facility and my favorite elderly man, an angel showed up.
I was walking to the nurse’s station when an elderly woman in a wheelchair said “hello.” I touched her hand and asked, “How are you, darling?” I had never seen her before.
She answered giggling, “Not bad for an old lady!”
Squeezing her soft hand I commented, “Not bad for being alive.”
She let go and I continued my rounds. As I was heading out the long hall to the entrance, she was waiting for me. She had wheeled herself around the facility following me.
“Hey, what’s your name, beautiful?” She asked.
I knelt to eye level. “I’m Millie.” She couldn’t get it after five tries.
“Do you have another name?” She asked.
“Sparkles.”
“Yes, cause your eyes sparkle. My name is Vera.”
I kissed her cheeks. Then something unexpected happened as I stared into…
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