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A Dog Came For Christmas
Stories
Shining Moments
Visions Of The Holy In Ordinary Lives
Neighbors and people from the church had come by in the weeks and months after Margaret had died, but he had turned them away with polite lies, saying he was doing all right, that he was keeping busy, and, no, there was nothing they could do for him.
Each time he closed the door on one of these offers of kindness, the old man felt older and smaller. He had barely enough energy to pull himself up from the table after his meals and walk outside to the front stoop, where he sat for hours on end, day after day.
Each time he closed the door on one of these offers of kindness, the old man felt older and smaller. He had barely enough energy to pull himself up from the table after his meals and walk outside to the front stoop, where he sat for hours on end, day after day.
