Something Old, Something New [11.15.08]

Today I helped out at a local nursing home to help raise the community service hours for one of my clubs. I honestly could not wait to go because I simply have a fascination for old people. I love to watch them hobble from here to there and hear them talk the way they do; perhaps in preparation for what I will become. Regardless, my hours were spent playing Scrabble with Martha and Florence, who just so happened to be worthy competitors. After they whooped me, I watched as another old lady entered the common area. My eyes did a double-take as I spotted her hearing aid dangling on her necklace. She eventually sat down on a couch and proceeded to look for her hearing aid. I was not taking too much notice, but she had even called on a nurse to help her locate the hearing device that was MIA. I excused myself from Martha and Florence and pointed out the old woman's hearing aid to the nurse. The nurse nodded in recognition and helped the old woman reinsert it. The old woman took the nurse's hand and sweetly said "Bless you my child!", to which the nurse said "You're welcome, but this nice girl actually saw your hearing aid." The old woman proceeded to thank me in the exact same way, and I could not help but hope that that would be me in sixty years.