I think that when we brighten up a lonesome seniors soul, you win a star in heaven. No one should be alone in their senior years. I also befriended a senior that was in a nursing home that was dying of cancer and she knew it. She was terrified of death and I use to talk to her and tell her about my beliefs about death and that it is not the end, but simply the soul returning "home" and how it was nothing to fear but to welcome with open arms. We prayed together and I would read to her every day from the bible, even if I thought she was asleep.

I think I helped her loose her fear of dying and helped her accept it rather than fight it. She did die peacefully in her sleep but I was on the boat and not there. Her daughter who could not face her pending death was there for her in the end and was with her when she died.

You have a star in heaven for befriending her when she needed a friend. God don't forget.