Marti and Bernie
Sunday Tony came back from running errands and yelled for me to come quick he had something to tell me. He began by saying that Thames, our air conditioning guy, had called him on his cell phone to say that he had a young lady on the back of his motor cycle and was going to put her on the phone to see if Tony could recognize her voice. He said that when he heard her voice his ears were telling him he recognized the voice but his brain could not make it sync. He asked who it was and she cackled and said it was Bernice. Bernice?! Bernice - my little 4ft 9" 80 year old Mom Bernice??? Yes she said it certainly was her and that she had not been on a motor cycle in years. Tony said he literally held the phone away from his ear and looked at it as if an alien voice was being transmitted. As he was telling me the story I felt like I was trapped in the twilight zone. Yes, her name is Bernice, yes I know Thames, noooo - a motorcycle in the equation was crazy. My brain began to frantically search through my mental files to try to make some sense of what he was telling me. Ok, The Myrtles, the Nursing facility she's in, had had a luau on Tuesday for which I had provided her with a festive outfit, lays and a flower for her hair....now let's see....oh yeah!....now I can see it clearly on the May calendar the Myrtles had sent me....a motorcycle something or another. I hadn't paid much attention to it but I'm pretty sure it did not specify that the residents who wanted to would be given a ride. Who'd a thunk it. Even so, she is about the last person I would have expected to climb on the back of a harley. I called her as soon as I thought she would be back in her room and got the scoop. She was still giddy and said she had not expected to do it but decided why not? She said she wore a helment and that he didnt go too fast. I guess I'm a lot surprised that she'd still be willing to take on such adventures but then on the other had I'm really glad she did. I think it's pretty wonderful that those guys take time to make someone's day a little brighter. Wish I had been there to take a picture.
