Love You to the Moon and Back

A Real Life Story by Glenn Hansen

Dedicated to Sweet Judith, wherever you are in God’s universe.

CHAPTER 9

Throughout my coming and going to the centre, on numerous occasions I would see the man playing the piano in the window. On days when I did not see him, I could not help but think that maybe he was no longer here with us, given this was a critical illness facility. This saddened me. But, when I would see him on the next visit, I would feel relieved and good about that. His joy in playing had continued to have a positive impact on me. Who was this man of mystery anyway? I had to find out more some time.

On one visit to see Judy, I told her about the man playing piano in the window while we were sitting indoors in the downstairs common room as it was cool outside and raining lightly. She insisted she wanted to see where he played. While not dressed for the weather, she wanted to see where now. I thought about it for a moment and then said, “Okay, let’s do it!” (I give a nod to Nike here). We both shared a big laugh and off outdoors we went.

We laughed the whole time we were outside; “laughter in the rain” as Neil Sedaka sang a long time ago. It was a wonderfully juvenile thing to do. When we got to the window, the man was not playing, but now Judy knew where I was referring to. We made a hasty retreat back inside, laughing all the way.