We met Al & Anna last fall. Al has probably passed on by now, and we wanted to remember him.
When we stay in a campground, we like to take a walk around the park after dinner, we were doing so at a park last fall when we passed a site with an older couple. We looked over, they waved, we waved, so we stopped in to say hello. While we were chatting with Anna, I looked over and Al was doing the dishes. That’s what I wanted to remember, Al doing the dishes. I have never seen such a shear look of contentment and happiness, let alone on the fave of someone doing the dishes.
Al told me later that he was doing his bucket list. He wanted to go camping! They had a cheap Kmart tent, an air mattress, blankets, and a little fire for heat and cooking. He was loving it!
A few weeks earlier, Al had taken himself off of dialysis and he wanted to go camping before he got too sick. Anna was sad, but she was 100 percent supportive and put on a happy face as she was slowly losing her lifetime companion.
We talked a lot over the following days before they headed home to their very large extended family. Al is probably gone now, but we got to meet him when he was at peace. I probably will never do the dishes the same again; I can still see his happy face.