LJ IDOL series 8. Week 24."In my wheelhouse"

[jacq22]

The Brooch.

“He’s looking for his penis, you know, he thinks he’s lost it”, Doris said.
“You shouldn’t say things like that Doris” I replied, but smiled.
Some of the surprising statements uttered by Doris made conversations with her interesting, if at times confusing.
I worked at the nursing home as a carer.   My craving for a life of luxury was

Comments

[basric]

A lovely entry, I enjoyed reading it.

[jacq22]

Thank you, scooting over to read more now.

[myrna_bird]

This was precious! I could definitely picture the nursing home scenes and love that you chose to share that flavor of a dear person's story. It was a very cute way to wrap it up to,taking the cue from Doris!

[jacq22]

She really did impact on my life, and I still remember some of her stories. The importance of 'our' stories is highlighted. We are recording lives for our grandchildren, that is if any of them ever want to know of course!!!
Thank you for reading.

[myrna_bird]

I think our stories may be more meaningful after we are no longer around to tell them, sad to say. I like to think it's my little contribution to history at any rate.:)

[imafarmgirl]

Nice story. It's too bad not all old people are treated with care.

[jacq22]

Thank you. Care of the elderly is so often the last thing on the powerful ones list!

[jacq22]

That is great that you take time to listen to your grandfather. Wish him many more years of happy storytelling!

Thanks for comments.

[alephz]

I just really enjoy the warm honesty of this. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[jacq22]

Thank you, have just read yours, wow an epic of powerful and amazing storytelling...
We are all different, we write on different levels, but incredibly we also connect on those different levels. Vive le difference?