Together for Life
While spending time with Al at the hospital, I noticed something unusual through one of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby area. The first sighting was in the afternoon near the driveway adjacent to the hospital where patients were dropped off and picked up. Cars were lining up along the curb or pulling into the nearby parking structure, with hospital staff, clients and visitors bustling about on the sidewalk. I stood at the window, taking a break from the small room where Al was receiving his daily infusion of antibiotics. When my eyes drifted from the sidewalk to a narrow stretch of grass between the driveway and a parking lot for the Cancer Center, I was delighted to see a Canada goose resting on the grass, its long neck outstretched. Every year around this time, several Canada geese show up on the hospital grounds, feeding on grass seeds, and even nesting in secluded corners. People tend to ignore them; however, there are usually some who stand guard, keeping a w...
