Then came Wednesday:
I had the 9:00am school Mass. It was very nice and had as it’s theme: “Mary is given to us as our Mother”. There was a very beautiful display about Mary in front of the altar. The children had been starting their day by reciting a decade of the Rosary at their morning prayers in the gym for the whole month of October and this seemed a natural way to close the month.
After Mass, I went to visit a 98 year old lady whom a neighbor had asked me to see. She was delightful and as sharp as a tack. We had a very nice visit.
Then I went to see a 91 year old gentleman, whose 89 year old wife had a stroke and has not come back from it; so he has had to place her in a care facility. He loved her and they have been married for 53 years. She keeps asking him why he “put her away”. He goes to see her daily but those kind of comments cut him life a knife. He is from Colombia and saw we had a very nice talk about my time in Bogota. She is Cuban and so once she is established in a new care facility, I will go and visit her.
In the afternoon, I picked up Joan and we drove over to Annapolis to visit Pat Watters. She is down from Newfoundland for some medical test. You might remember that she was in a very serious car accident a few months ago; she is experiencing so lost of memory and cognitive actions. She had a MRI earlier in the day and will get the result next week. In the meantime, she is having other test and resting at Clare and Terry’s – her brother and sister-in-law. We went out to Ledo’s and she brought us up to date. She has some hesitancy in speaking because she says she needs to think what she’s going to say and then do each word. She will stay through mid November and may end up doing some therapy. She’ll still be here when I get back from the cruise and so I’ll see her again. Keep her in your prayers as well.
When I got home, I took an hour nap and then went to the parent meeting for children getting ready for First Reconciliation. We priests were also available afterwards for confessions for the parents. I had quite a few – and you know how I love confessions. Went right to bed when I got home as I had a full day scheduled for Thursday.