There's a moment in every young boy's life when a wave of bravery washes over him, and he proceeds to do something so extremely bold, so intensely daring, and, of course, so mind-numbingly stupid. Fo ... [+]
Elanor is a youth minister at a Chinese church, a writing teacher, a wife, and a mother of two. She reads: C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Christian Wiman, P. G. Wodehouse. She loves praying to music. "80-Year-Old Hero" is in Short Circuit #14, Short Édition's quarterly review.
It was a muggy morning at Cozy Cottage Nursing Home, and the arthritis was bothering me pretty bad. Hurt to move. Hurt to type. Still does, matter of fact. That's why, when they asked me for an account of yesterday's incident for the residents' weekly newsletter, I asked this here lovely nurse Elba to type it up for me. (Thank you, Elba.) Well, so there I was in the morning, and it hurt to do pretty much anything. I was lying in bed, watching my favorite soap opera, when the TV suddenly went static. Can you believe it? There are old folks here who depend on their morning entertainment as the