27 July

At The Mansion Today. Small Acts….

by Jon Katz
At The Mansion

At the Mansion today, I found Joan sitting in her favorite chair in reverie, she told me she was thinking of riding in a beautiful boat on a lake with someone she loved, she wasn’t sure who it was, but it was a beautiful and clear Spring day.

Outside, a storm approach, there was rumbling and lightning, and that, I saw, was what Joan was looking at.

Some small acts of kindness today.

I sat and read to Bob, who is gravely ill with cancer and is soon being  transported to a nursing home in Connecticut. I will spend some time reading to him Sunday afternoon.

I got a small Samsung used flat screen TV for Ruth and Ken. Ken is very ill and spends most of his time in their room, they both asked for help in getting a small television so they could watch it together.

I brought Tim a used Canon Power Shot 5G camera along with battery and charger and card reader. I helped him set it up. Tim is having a leg amputated in September and will be in a rehab facility for several months at least.

I purchased an air conditioner for him, his room is warm and he is now on oxygen and needs the AC to help him breath. Tim never asks for anything, this was important.

He is, we believe, the last resident in need of an air condition. Before the oxygen, he said he didn’t want one.  Helen thanked me (and you all) profusely for hers.

Small acts of great kindness that make a difference.

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