I wrote this several years ago and wish it were still true today: "...here is a woman who, at 88, still volunteers for the Hospice of Marin thrift shop (which she has been doing for some 20 years or so), still drops what she's doing to help a friend or a family member in trouble, is the person that everybody takes their troubles to.
She is slowing down a little now, but she still does more in a week than I do in a month. She lights up any room she walks into. She knows how to talk to people, to make them feel special. She is a gracious hostess who still hosts large dinner parties from time to time, always with beautiful table settings and food perfectly prepared. Plants positively light up under her care. More than one dying plant has burst into luxuriant bloom thanks to her.
She is always impeccably dressed, coifed and made-up, but is neither vain nor a spendthrift--she gets all of her clothes and shoes at the thrift shop where she volunteers."
...I'd be happy if only one of those things were still true today. But at least she is still here.
She is slowing down a little now, but she still does more in a week than I do in a month. She lights up any room she walks into. She knows how to talk to people, to make them feel special. She is a gracious hostess who still hosts large dinner parties from time to time, always with beautiful table settings and food perfectly prepared. Plants positively light up under her care. More than one dying plant has burst into luxuriant bloom thanks to her.
She is always impeccably dressed, coifed and made-up, but is neither vain nor a spendthrift--she gets all of her clothes and shoes at the thrift shop where she volunteers."
...I'd be happy if only one of those things were still true today. But at least she is still here.
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