I was introduced to this game by the sweetest 92 year old I've ever known. I started visiting little Ms.Winifred Baltosser as a class assignment in Spring 2007, and I just couldn't stop going back. All of the elderly people I had ever known always had something to complain about, but this woman never complained about a thing, and was super independent. Even when her walker got caught in a uneven crack in the sidewalk and she slammed her face on the concrete, breaking her glasses and gaining some horrible purple and blue bruises, she was all jokes and smiles about it. She has the frailest little granny voice, fluffly silver hair, and a tiny bent over frame that makes her a poster child for cartoon grannies. She loves to play games, so we spent many of our weekly visits playing Skip Bo, over cups of tea, and whatever treat she had harbored away in her little room.
3/3/11
Game Playing Granny
I was introduced to this game by the sweetest 92 year old I've ever known. I started visiting little Ms.Winifred Baltosser as a class assignment in Spring 2007, and I just couldn't stop going back. All of the elderly people I had ever known always had something to complain about, but this woman never complained about a thing, and was super independent. Even when her walker got caught in a uneven crack in the sidewalk and she slammed her face on the concrete, breaking her glasses and gaining some horrible purple and blue bruises, she was all jokes and smiles about it. She has the frailest little granny voice, fluffly silver hair, and a tiny bent over frame that makes her a poster child for cartoon grannies. She loves to play games, so we spent many of our weekly visits playing Skip Bo, over cups of tea, and whatever treat she had harbored away in her little room.
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When life gets busy its easy to over look how important it is to do something for others. So often when we give to others we end up getting more back in return. It was always hard to find time to visit Winny, but it was always worth it.
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