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Through the Window
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Through the Window |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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He slips on his jacket and favorite KU cap, takes a hold of his red walker and heads out the door. It is about 3:30 and he has a date to keep with his beloved wife Wanda. An aide pushes her wheelchair to the lobby window and hands her a telephone. Her beloved Bill is eagerly waiting to talk to her, hoping she is not having a sleepy day. The Covid-19 is keeping them apart. They live on different floors at the Senior Manor, He is living independently in an apartment and she is on the nursing care wing. He used to spend most of his days in her room watching TV and holding her hand. She doesn’t say much and sleeps a lot, her stroke, broken hip, diabetes and dementia have taken their toll. When the virus hit, no visitors were allowed, not even husbands and wives. However they were allowed to facetime. Something new to do for them both. But it wasn’t nearly the same, it didn’t come close. She began to lose her appetite and he began to worry. But it was all they had. On Easter I came to his lobby window phone in hand for a chat. I also went to to her room window just to wave and smile and yell I love you. I’m not sure she knew me. Still, it was good to see them both. He thought that it was a fine idea. He would ask the aides to arrange it so they could see each other face to face at a window. And so they did, and now they do at 3:30, weather permitting. She is eating better and he is happy to be closer to her. After being together over sixty years, this separation is hard on them. Hard as the glass window that keeps them from touching, and holding hands. LGR(C)4/20/20 |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
very moving poetry, circonstances are cruel, yann |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Yann, I appreciate your empathy for the situation. Covid-19 has touched us around the globe.And a cruel touch it has been too. ~L |
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