Friday

a bold bachelor

I was in physical therapy, recovering from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of eighteen.

As I lay on the table performing my simple exercises, I watched all the old people shuffling around.  Then, I noticed one of them shuffling toward me.  He smiled at me, I smiled back, then he walked over to a nurse.
"Can I have a piece of paper?"  He asks.  "And a pen?"
She gave him what he asked for and he scrawled a few words.  Then he shuffled toward me again.  He was probably near ninety, and wizened as they come.
He handed me the piece of paper.
"Give me a call sometime."  He said, and winked.

The paper had his number on it.

3 comments:

Rachael said...

That is awesome. Old people rock. haha

Nicole said...

Nice. My 77 year old patient today asked me if I was married. When I said no, he took my hand and told me "Neither am I."

:)

Rachel Bridgwood said...

Hahahahaaaa