Day 83: Visiting the Sick and Shutins

Today has been a day full of Visiting the Sick and being kind to the lonely. It started off with visits to 2 of my Communion calls. As always, Karen and Ann were happy to have me come and bring the Eucharist to them. We chatted for a while at each stop. After that work of mercy, Buppa and I went off to pick up Nancy Spinney. If you remember back in the Winter /Spring months, we used to take Nancy to see her husband Bob in the nursing home. Well, Bob went on to his reward on Easter and now Nancy is alone in her new environment of assisted living. The place is lovely, but as her daughter said in a recent e-mail that her mother not only lost her husband but her 2 homes and her independence. Unless someone takes her out, she is stuck there. She chose to go to The Chateau, so off we went. We all had a lovely lunch and Nancy seemed much brighter when we left her than when we picked her up---truly a work of charity. On the way home, we stopped at MaristHill Nursing home to see our friend Ruth---another work of mercy, providing realization how fortunate we are.