Post #28

The Stroller

While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent. Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My mom makes me ride in the stroller too." The man's joyous laughter could be heard throughout the office.

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While I always have had a great love for the elderly, I appreciate them more and more every day. Sure, some of them can be quite grumpy (when they come into BagelBoy), or stubborn, hard of hearing, etc...but they really do offer something to the world. One thing I learn from them is to appreciate life as it comes.

I wanted to share a little story about my grandmother. She honest to goodness cannot hear worth a darn. And she knows it. Her most recent visit to the nursing home (due to a broken hip), resulted in a little interview with a nurse. In the interview the nurse asked her several questions about her daily activities (cooking, cleaning, etc). She then asked, "How's your hearing?" Grandma didn't respond and the nurse noted, "Not good." A little while later she asked, "do you have hearing aids?" And grandma said, "No, I have a lady that comes in twice a month." And she went on to explain what her cleaning lady does when she's there. My aunt and uncle broke down into roaring laughter and the nurse joined in. Grandma thought the lady asked if she had MERRY MAIDES. Cleaning ladies. It's so crystal clear that she cannot hear a dang thing, but she's so stubborn that even if she did have them, she probably wouldn't wear them. It's absolutely adorable though. I can totally see how a woman of her age (88), with her state of hearing could hear "merry maides" instead of "hearing aides." I mean, think about it...she doesn't even want to hear about hearing aides, why would she hear that? She's so cute.

Other than that, enjoy what you can while you can! Savor everything and don't think about what you don't have. Make the most of the things that are already in your life. But I don't mean to say "forget goals, get by with what you have." That isn't what I'm saying at all. DO set goals, have dreams, strive to be the best you can be. But in the meantime, quit worrying and live your life!! Life is too short to live it in a constant state of worry. And don't be aprehensive to try to reach those really big goals in life. Even if you come up a little short, at least you tried! Just live.

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Take care!!