I got my new schedule and --surprise-- one of those we discussed is now mine on Sundays.
Entering her home today, I felt a tiny bit of trepidation but mostly I was curious.
I remember this Lady from a few years ago. I did not find her that bad.
The next year I went once and I remember her because she told me the same story using the same words as she had the year before. I have an excellent memory for patterns and faces.
Last year I went again and yes, the very same story the very same way.
Again.
Today she was a little more bitter. Same stories but there were some new words in there.
Most of them were British slang terms.
She is very angry.
I looked at her and got real close and asked her:
"Where did this magnificence of spirit come from? Where you born with it? Did you inherit it from one or both of your parents?"
She absolutely shone like a flawless diamond under a laser.
She sat up completely straight and told me with great pride:
"When I was a little girl my father said to me: "Dont you ever loose your firey spirit my girl. It will take you a long long way in life."
84 , legally blind, severe bladder dysfunction and still a flame licker.
Right on!
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"Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty."
Benjamin Disraeli (British prime minister and novelist. 1804-1881)
