Operation

Ted is homeless … unsheltered. His diagnosis is plain. From a wound on his leg, gangrene has taken hold. Many warned Ted about it. He listened to a few words, then walked away at his painful pace. Last week, I saw Ted on the sidewalk. He leaned heavily on his walker. I spoke my blunt words to him: “It’s your leg or your life. It’s one or the other.” He nodded, turned and went. Many had spoken to Ted in this way and I expected little from it, yet word came this week that, thank God, Ted will have the operation.