Hip Oldsters

Now I know that not only old people need hearing aids, but as I was sitting in Sam's Club "people watching" next to the hearing aid booth, I had a brilliant idea. It seems that everyone is trying to make their hearing aids as small and inconspicuous as possible. The wearing of a hearing aid seems to mean you are getting old and so the manufacturers try to hide them. Why don't they go the other way! All the hip and cool people are wearing blue tooth ear pieces. Make your hearing aids resemble them! Or better yet, have a dual purpose hearing aid. Allow you to hear better and answer your phone at the same time and if you really want an awesome device include an MP3 player. As I was looking over the sea of older people at Sam's Club I thought how funny would it be to have a bunch of senior citizens pretending to be cool. OK, I know it isn't going to happen, but it did give me a chuckle.

Reaching Out

Today I witnessed a most wonderful thing. I was sitting in a waiting room at the Moffitt Cancer Center in the Radiation area waiting for Steve to return from his treatment. There were several people and their families waiting for their treatments. The schedule calls for the patient to see one of the radiation Dr.'s at least once a week - first you go to radiation, go back to the waiting room and then go in to see the Dr. A Dr. came into the waiting room and came up to his patient. Explained he was there early and if the patient wanted he would see him/her then so he/she wouldn't have to wait around. Of course he/she said "Sure!" As he/she got up he/she was a little unsteady. The Dr. said, "Oh here, take my hand and we can walk to my office." They walked off down the hall hand in hand.

Such kindness from an unexpected place. Remember, each time you reach out your hand to touch someone, you may be affecting more than that one person.