109 ~ Block The Door

By Kay Heitsch

This memory care center was a lock-in facility. To enter or exit, you needed someone to buzz you in or out, unless you had the code.

Joe* and Jane*were a couple who came to visit often and were familiar with the routine. They also knew that at times a resident would try to go out.

As they waited to be buzzed out, a woman they thought was a new resident was standing by the door with them.

When the door opened, Jane grabbed the poor woman by the shirt, and Joe stood in front of the door, blocking her escape.

Jane told me this woman became very upset, but they wouldn't give in.

Finally, a worker saw what was going on and told them that this woman was a visitor just like them.

When Jane was telling me the story, she said, "Well, she had the right look but the wrong mind."

I don't know who this visitor was, but I can bet she never came back! What an ordeal!

* names changed

Remember how I led you on this long journey. Deuteronomy 8:2