The summer before my senior year of high school I started volunteering through a business called Aging Services. Each week I would go over to an elderly person's home and read to them. The woman that I got paired up with is in her 80s, is legally blind but still living on her own, and is the only member of her immediate family still alive. Her name is Kay.
Kay and I got along very well from the start. She took me in just like she would a grandchild. Each week I would sit in her living room for an hour or so and we would chat, or I would read something for her. Eventually I started taking her to run errands and she would occasionally treat me to lunch. I would also be treated to her specialty cakes that she loved to bake for her church as well as for my family. We developed quite a relationship.
Now each time I go home for break and visit Kay, she tells me oh just how much she misses me, and that I better not forget about her. She continues to amaze me at how well she is doing considering her health history and that she can't see much at all. This past week when I visited her, listening to her current problems really made me thankful for all of my blessings. I have family close-by, I have my sight, I'm pretty agile and don't have to worry about getting light headed upon standing, and I have so many positive things in my life. It just takes someone like Kay to help me put my life in perspective and to be thankful for what God has blessed me with.
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