Peter Leith is 89 and describes himself as ‘half-deaf and half-blind’. But he has never been one to waste a minute and is writing a series of true short stories called Aspects of Ageing. We love them and he has kindly agreed to share them with YourLifeChoices members. The first is called The loving couple.
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They walked ahead of me in The Pines Shopping Centre concourse.
She, a chubby little white-haired old lady, walking stick in her left hand, hobbled slowly along.
Firmly holding her right hand was a dark-haired small boy, perhaps eight years old.
They made a lovely picture and, catching up with them, I excused myself and told them so.
She smiled, thanked me and introduced me to her grandson Robert.
Robert and I shook hands and with a serious expression on his face, he told me: “I don’t need someone to hold my hand but Nana does.”
His grandmother just smiled.
Do you have a story or an observation for Peter? Send it to sunday@yourlifechoices.com.au and put ‘Sunday’ in the subject line.
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