Elderly Lady

I TOOK A SLOW WALK WITH MY ELDERLY NEIGHBOR THIS EVENING. SHE DOESNT GET OUT MUCH IN THIS HEAT SO WHEN SHE DOES SHE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING AROUND HER. WATCHING HER SMILE AT A BIRDS CALL OR A SQUIREL RUNNING AWAY FROM US BRINGS ME GREAT JOY. "ITS THE LITTLE THINGS " SHE SAID AS WE WALKED AND LOOKED AT THINGS MOST PEOPLE WOULDNT. "WONDER HOW LONG THAT FENCE HAS BEEN THERE"? I WOULD ASK. "NOT AS LONG AS IVE BEEN HERE" SHE WOULD GIGGLE AND CLAP HER HANDS. "DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET OF OLD AGE" SHE ASKED "ITS BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT LIFE AS IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU. NEVER WISH THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER" WE WALKED IN SILENCE FOR A BIT THEN SHE BENT DOWN AND PICKED UP A ROCK THROWING IT AT A NEIGHBORS GARBAGE CAN. "WANNA RUN"? SHE ASKED ME. TOMORROW IM GOING TO BUY HER A PAIR OF HIGH TOP SNEAKERS FOR OUR NEXT WALK.