Ms W moved into the residence in
December 2013. As a new resident from another
similar retirement residence she did her comparisons and seems to like the
change. She needed a lift to the
shopping centre to return something received over Christmas and since it was
not a busy day she was scheduled to go out at 2:30, just after the City Tour.
She “swung” (as she put it) into the seat of the van and we were off. Her
discussion was about how the season had changed, how the world had changed, how
people have changed. I got her to the
door and decided it would be easier to wait for her than to go back to the
residence and sat and watched busy Boxing Day shoppers converge on the
centre. About thirty minutes later she
arrived back and we slipped through town to get back “home”. Her conversation started about a lady she had
met and recognized at the shopping center and she said at first she didn’t
recognize her then everything clicked and it was “as if they had never lost
touch”. She was 95 and when asked by Ms
W about her husband she quickly replied “which one?”. She laughed as she said “oops”. The lady had continued with “oh he has been
dead for years”. So Ms W asked
“ok, the second one?”. “Nope”, he is
dead too. “Third? He was sick and about
to die. So she was actually looking for
number four now. Well this struck Ms
W funny and she started laughing.
When we got back the General Manager was there and commented on how good
I was and Ms Wallace said that if nobody was around “I’d give him a great big
hug”… [then she gave me a great big hug anyways.]
She looked at me with a great big smile.. “now be careful, I may not be
looking for #4 but I might chase after you.”
Our inside joke caught everyone off guard at the concierge desk and
especially with the GM.
Good advice! “Don’t
be afraid.”
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