
We talked a bit. He was in his 70s and had just lost everything in the recent Florida hurricane, Irma. He was returning to New York after many years’ absence and planning to start all over.

We talked a bit. He was in his 70s and had just lost everything in the recent Florida hurricane, Irma. He was returning to New York after many years’ absence and planning to start all over.
Oh my, how tough. I hope his luck is turning for the better and he finds a warm safe welcoming home in New York.
Me too. He sounded like he would endure.
No, he isn’t. He mentioned other members of his family, that he’d been a postal worker, and was pleased to discover his memory of the subway system, and which stop followed which, remained accurate.
Wow! Gives me a shiver… I sure hope he will find his place there…
He embodied endurance.
I can see it in his face… there is sadness – but he’s not about to give up, is he?