Hospice isn’t
just about dying
peacefully.
It’s about living
until you die.
Sally nods adding, “We even
have a fellow that sends us a
photo every year of our Christmas
display. We try to do something
different each year. Last year, we
had Santa fixing the ‘58 Chevy,
and this year, we have the blow-
up dino. One year we had the
old fire truck with lights, another
year a tractor. The community
loves it and they all get excited at
what we are going to do next. A
lot of people around town asked
this year if Santa was going to be
working on his car again.”
One of the Smiths’ New Year’s
Resolutions is to work on the
inside of the garage a little bit.
“We are planning on cleaning
this place up and showing off the
inside which is beautiful,” Sally
said. “There is an old-fashion
wooden phone booth and an old-
timey bar with bar stools.”
John looks forward to getting
the place cleaned up as well but
warns about staying out too late
doing it.
“If you work past 2 o’clock at
night Carl and Mr. Jones don’t
like it,” he said. “There used to
be an apartment up there. It’s
not there no more because when
we tore the roof off, we tore it
out, too. And, you work past 2
o’clock at night, stuff happens.
I see things, I hear things every
now and then. I went in there and
turned the television on. I heard
some racket, I thought someone
was breaking in, I grabbed my 38,
looked out there and nothing, but
then the next morning I found oil
cans I had on the shelf tipped over
on the other side of the building.
It didn’t scare me though. I know
old Claude was just wanting to
see what was going on in his old
place.”
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