Proof The Bible Is True

Beth, our dietary manager, peeked in my office door. “I want you to meet our newest resident,” she said. I smiled and turned in my chair.

 

Welcoming people and helping them adjust to their new surroundings is one of my responsibilities as chaplain at Madrid Home Communities, a nursing home with 110 residents in central Iowa. I was always happy to greet a new resident. But Beth was holding a tiny calico kitten.

 

“One of the nurses found her at the front door,” she said. “She had her paws against the glass like she wanted to come in. We’re going to call her Willow.”

 

“We’re not really keeping her, are we?” I protested.

 

“It’s so cold outside and there’s no sign of her mother,” she said, stroking the kitten’s head. “The director of nursing said she could stay, for a while. She said a cat might even be good for the residents.”

 

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