Smile

I was talking to one of Aunt Sues nurses. Her blood sugar had shot up over 500. She has not even had one issue with her diabetes for years and now all of the sudden wham her it is again. The nurse also had to change her I.V. site as her arm was red and swollen. The nurse was asking if I knew anything about Pres. Faust's death, as she was in California on vacation for the last few weeks. I told her how the funeral was very touching, that Pres. Hinckley missed him already and the love he and his wife shared was something out of a fairy tale. She told me that back on 2001 she worked up at a different hospital and while she was walking to her car a man smiled at her. It filled her with warmth and love meant especially for her. It made her feel like a child of God. It was a brief eye contact and a genuine smile and then he was passed her. It did not register who it was until she was in her car-- President Faust. It made me smile to hear the story and it reminded me of one of the time I saw him smile. In 2000 I was working for SkyWest Airlines. I happened to be at the Salt Lake airport. I was walking by a row of floor to ceiling windows and door which separated the boarding area from the tarmac. The was an older man dressed in a suit and a long dark coat behind the glass in an area where they did private security screenings. He had a big warm smile. I smiled back and after 3 steps it hit me who it was. I spun around and was looking right at President Faust. This made him laugh because I started to wave at him and the security he had with him grabbed me by the arm and pushed me along. I imagine this happened to famous people often-- the whole second glance thing. Where your brain registers who you are looking at and you spin around to verify. Aunt Sue and I have been having really long talks and it is jarring her memory and mine. I'm glad that nurse asked me so I could remember the fun memory I had totally misplaced in my jumbled mind. After all how cold is the winter without memories from spring. Monday she goes in for surgery-- I hope it is without incident.