Yesterday I visited Fred (90) in his new smaller room in the hospital wing of Nazareth House. Quite spontaneously he said to me, "I have had this latin expression on my mind: 'Cella continuata pulcesset'. I don't know why."
For my benefit he translated it as "The room you live in grows on you." That was nice. He must be settling in to his new surroundings. It was a lovely way of putting it.
I mentioned this to Lawrence, our 88 year old, who said "I am growing out of mine!" I wonder what new card I might be dealt.
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