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Lynn wrote the following after a friend sent her this short Greek film (well worth watching)

Kate I went to see Anna H. yesterday. She's 87 and was a great friend of Ruth's. Katie had promised to give her some lupin seeds and had shelled a bowlful for her. I called, thinking she was surely busy with her family on a holiday weekend, but she was alone at home and so glad for the company. We stayed for tea and as we were leaving, she hugged us both and said she had lived far too long.

She later called me to thank me again for the roses I brought and said that it must have been hard for us to visit an old person! I was stunned. I guess she has a good relationship with her daughters, but they have their own lives and Anna is very undemanding. She has lost 2 sons and her husband and many of her good friends have gone...and I guess she spends a lot of time alone. I had no idea. She is bright and kind and wise and I'm going to see her much more often.

I DO enjoy visiting with "old people"- as does Kate, surprisingly. It was her idea to go and visit Anna. After all...I'm on my way to being an old person, and Anna is another friend who is giving this part of the journey all she has to give, without complaint and without reliance on anyone else- if possible. It's people like Anna who are teaching me "how to do it"!!

Anyway, the video reminded me that it's so important to include our elders whenever we can, to learn from them, to cherish them and to keep making memories with them- because, there will come a day when that's all we have.

Lynn