I went to see an elderly widow who was sitting on concrete steps outside her house. She was crying and she had pulled out almost all of her hair. There were ants crawling all over her. She couldn’t remember when she had eaten last or when she had taken her medicine. She just kept [...]
The cartilage in both her knees was gone and advanced arthritis in her shoulders and back made it painful and exhausting to walk, but this elderly woman made it to our offices to ask us to help her replace her broken walker. When the pain is so bad I can’t stand it, I pray.” I [...]
An 89 year old called us one day saying. “I am the stupidest old woman who ever drew a breath!” A nice young man had called to tell her she had won a ‘free cruise’ so she signed up! She thought it was a little strange when he asked for a credit card. “I knew [...]