December 25, 2009
After spending a wonderful Christmas Day with my family, I took my mom with me to Bingo at the Veterans Home – my other family. We brought a box of See’s candy to pass around, but even without it, my mom was a celebrity.
Gary had met her earlier in the week, when we’d all gone down to see Mike. "Hi, Mom!" he waved from across the room.
Ray sat and talked with her for awhile, then, as he was leaving, told someone, "I got to meet Judy!"
David, bless his heart, sat right down and talked and talked and talked. I was only listening halfway, but apparently he told her I talk to the residents "like we are normal people."
There was a smaller crowd than usual, and you couldn’t help but notice that there were a dozen or so people there who had no family members with them, or no plans for Christmas beyond Bingo.
Which made me doubly glad we had come. These were my plans for Christmas, too.
After spending a wonderful Christmas Day with my family, I took my mom with me to Bingo at the Veterans Home – my other family. We brought a box of See’s candy to pass around, but even without it, my mom was a celebrity.
Gary had met her earlier in the week, when we’d all gone down to see Mike. "Hi, Mom!" he waved from across the room.
Ray sat and talked with her for awhile, then, as he was leaving, told someone, "I got to meet Judy!"
David, bless his heart, sat right down and talked and talked and talked. I was only listening halfway, but apparently he told her I talk to the residents "like we are normal people."
There was a smaller crowd than usual, and you couldn’t help but notice that there were a dozen or so people there who had no family members with them, or no plans for Christmas beyond Bingo.
Which made me doubly glad we had come. These were my plans for Christmas, too.
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