Ms Alberta came back from Texas in January 2001. At
the time she was still smoking and since I have asthma she didn’t smoke in the
house but would go outside to smoke.
January in Kentucky is not warm so I had made a
place in the garage for Ms Alberta to smoke. There were chairs, a table and a
kerosene heater to help her stay warm while she was indulging her habit of more
than fifty years.
I always tried to keep the patio and walk clear of
snow and ice for her walks to the garage but early one morning after a snow
during the night; the patio and walkway were clear but had not had deicer put
on them yet. They were really slick and I wasn’t able to warn Ms Alberta that
they were icy.
As Ms Alberta was making the trip to the garage she
slipped and fell, breaking her shoulder. The cup of coffee that she was holding
was still upright and unbroken in her right hand; but Ms Alberta had to have surgery
to repair the damage to her left shoulder.
Ms Alberta in her room at my house in Grayson County, after one of her
surgeries.
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