People Laughed At An Elderly Woman In A Hospital Waiting Room Until A Doctor Asked One Question

requiring her active attention.

“You didn’t know,” she said.

“That doesn’t really make it better,” the woman said.

“No,” the old woman agreed. “It doesn’t. But it does make it human.”

She returned her gaze to the middle distance, and the conversation was over, and it was complete.

The man in the business suit did not speak to her. He sat for another thirty continue reading …