Last week I met an amazing man, a
74-years-young widower, who serves as a caregiver for both his nonagenarian mother
and father. His divorced parents reside
in the same mobile home park community as him.
His 96-year old father resides with him while
his mother resides in a separate mobile home a stone’s throw away. Needless to say, this caregiving son has his
hands full yet the day I met him, his calm and pleasant demeanor was a true joy
to witness.
“Longevity runs in our family.”, he said in
sharing how his grandmother lived just shy of her 105th
birthday. “We don’t put our family in rest
homes.”, he added.
With my wife and I now spending more time helping
her increasingly-needy 89-year-old father, this middle-aged man found true
inspiration in the character and conduct of this wonderful 74-year-young
caregiver. He inspired me to step
outside my comfort zone and to acknowledge he’s an amazing role model to me.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum
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