Difference between expectation of growing old and reality.

Poem.

Dedicated to the growing number of elders in assisted living and nursing homes who work hard to retain their dignity and quality of life. It is also dedicated to the unselfish volunteers that listen to their wonderful stories, and help them to remember, and smile.

In a final conversation with his father the son receives a profound gift. The father has been an outstanding role model to the young man, who only recognized this in his own mid-life.