Letters

In Walmart on Nov. 26, I was behind a friendly and nice lady with a cart loaded with merchandise. I remarked to her that she had really good luck shopping.
When I started to pay for my purchases, the cashier advised that the lady before me had paid for mine. I was so surprised and so appreciative. But I didn’t get to thank her.
To this wonderful and kind person, I wish to say a big thank you! You made my day, and I will definitely pass it on to make someone else very happy. Thank you!

Lynn Melton
Lancaster

November is National Family Caregivers Month. This is important to me because every day I see individuals and families whose lives have been completely turned upside down by Alzheimer’s disease.

As a member of the S.C. Alzheimer’s Association Board of Directors and the owner of a home-care organization serving Lancaster, York and Chester counties, I have the opportunity to assist families in navigating through this horrible disease, but more help is needed.

Hmmmm. When did I first notice this?

I think it was last year, when I went to see my eye doctor, Malcolm Edwards. I was put in a room and looked in front of me. There was a mirror that took up the whole wall. 

Well, I laughed as Dr. Edwards came in and – me being me – I asked him: “Where did you get that mirror that makes you look so fat?”

He smiled and said, “You’re looking at yourself. That’s not a funny mirror, Myra.”

I read with great interest of your encounter with Linda Blackmon. I’d like to share my experience when I first met her.
I’d moved from Newberry to Lancaster in ‘02. I was doing yard work in our front yard when this woman approached. She handed me a card which said she was seeking political office. I was busy, but I did stop to speak to her. Her conversation rambled on and  on, and after an interminable and wasted time, I told her I needed to get back to work, and I walked away from her.