Moments of Connection
I love it when I meet someone with whom I relate. There is a lady at the church where I attend. I don't know if she would want me to mention her publicly so I will simply call her "V." She has the sharpest wit. She is always there to help with church projects, even when she is moving slowly with her cane. There are days when I can tell she's in pain but she just smiles and keeps on trucking with her humor intact. Recently, we had a church event and we're all rushing around and she had volunteered for a couple of duties that I knew would be taxing for her. "How are you making it, V?" I asked her. "Thank God for pain medicine. That's all I can say," she replied, dryly. "Amen, Sister." I was eating a quick breakfast and had brought my own meds to take and was spilling them onto the table before the event began. "If your bringing drugs, you had better have brought enough to share," she joked. I just love her. She...