Amazing role model to me

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 105^th 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