What a great thread! I agree with you totally. I work for an ophthalmologist who specializes in glaucoma and cataracts. As a result we have quite a large elderly clientele. I have grown to absolutely love so many of our elderly patients. We can learn so much by speaking with these people who have lived through so much and have the benefit of decades of experiences.

One of our favorite patients passed away a couple of years ago. We all went to his funeral because we felt we were almost "family" as unfortunately he and his wife had some eye problems and we saw them regularly. This particular couple also sent us postcards when they went on vacation too. Oh, and they had a little poodle named Mike, and the husband used to bring him to the office with them. Mike would sit on his shoulder.