A Life-Changing Experience During the Holiday Season

Have you ever done something in life that really changed you and made you a better person? I have...it happened this past December, during the holiday season.

I just got out of work one day around 5:30 in the afternoon, and I was walking to my car when an old man walked up to me. He looked very weak, and frail, and as if he had been outside in the cold for a long time. The old man asked me if I knew where he parked his car. I answered him saying that I didn’t know where his car was, and I then asked him if he remembered where he last parked it. The old man told me the only thing he remembers was parking it in a parking lot. So we walked into the parking lot that was right next store to my work to try to find his car. We walked up and down the rows of cars but the old man kept saying that none of the cars there were his.

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Then the old man said to me, "I parked it in a parking lot, and walked” and he began to say this over and over again. I interrupted him and asked if he was sure this was the parking lot that he parked it in, and he told me he wasn’t sure anymore. The old man began mumbling to himself, and then he looked at me and said I walked from the doctor’s office where my wife was.Right as soon as he began speaking about walking from the doctor’s office I knew he had something wrong with him because he had no clue of where he was.

I asked him if there was anyone from his family that I could try to get in touch with. He stared at me blankly when I asked him this then he fumbled through his pockets and pulled out his cell phone and handed it to me. I scrolled through his phone trying to find his contact list but all the numbers that were entered in his phone didn’t have a name assigned to them. This wasn't any help.

I then decided to bring the old man into my work to get him out of the cold. We walked in, and my boss was standing there asking me why I came back. I told him what was going on and he told me that I should call the cops since I couldn’t get in touch with anyone from his family. I looked up the Norwood police department telephone number and called them. I explained to the cop who answered the phone what was happening and it turns out the cop is very familiar with the old man. He told me he would be right over to my work to help out.

When the cop came into my work, I could tell that him and the old man knew eachother right away because the cop walked in and said, “You know youre not supposed to be out on your own Mr. Johnson." The cop came over to me and told me that the old man’s name was Mr. Johnson, and that he suffers from Alzheimer's disease. He went on to tell me that Mr. Johnson leaves his home a lot and gets himself lost, and that he is not supposed to be out alone. The Norwood police department has found Mr. Johnson wondering around town quite a few times and more often than not he doesn't know where he is or what’s going on.

This may sound cheesy to you, but helping Mr. Johnson out that day really changed my outlook on life. It taught me to appreciate life, and to never take anything for granted because you really never know what life is going to throw at you. And, also knowing that something like this could even happen to my grandfather who also suffers from Alzheimer’s disease really made me realize that the time I spend with him is precious. This story as a whole has really changed me and made me an even better person in life. I’m so thankful that this happened to me because now I have a greater appreciation for the little things in life.

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