Twice this week, I have watched an elderly individual, fade into the busy life in which we all live. One man just needed Panadol for his wife but the shop assistant simply said it’s in ‘6’. But he struggled to navigate the supermarket and as I watched him go in the wrong direction, I left all my groceries and took him where he needed to go. Today, I watched an elderly man struggle in the heat, who had obviously had a fall with a huge scrape and blood on his leg. He walked past people in the cafe, while he slowly made his way to his car. Not one person stopped. Or looked. Or acknowledged him. I took him to his car and checked he was ok. He told me he had a fall and wasn’t sure how the air con worked in his car so he just didn’t use it. I sat with him, until his air con kicked in and heard him talk about the old frail body that he is in, that fails him now, every single day. When you see an elderly person walking down the street, searching in the supermarket or struggling to their car, ...
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You wee unique in every respect - I remember clearly your 50th Wedding anniversary
and the Anniversary cake I had specially made for you by a specialist German Baker.
The memories will remain with me until it is my time to leave this world
I have the photos of times I was in your company and at your family home.
I am certain that your soul has returned to its place of origin -
and is happy to be home.
A.B.
And I speak also on behalf of the Chairman