An old man in his eighties slowly pushed himself up from his recliner one quiet afternoon and began putting on his coat. It took him a moment \u2014 buttons don\u2019t cooperate the way they used to \u2014 but he was clearly determined. His wife, who had been rocking peacefully across the room, squinted at him over her glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere are you going?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to the doctor,\u201d he replied, sounding unusually confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That immediately caught her attention. \u201cWhy?\u201d she asked. \u201cAre you sick?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo,\u201d he said, straightening his coat proudly. \u201cI\u2019m going to get me some of those new V pills everyone keeps talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His wife didn\u2019t respond right away. Instead, she slowly stood up from her rocker, reached for her sweater, and began putting it on with surprising energy. The old man paused mid-button and stared at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere are you<\/em> going?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She smiled sweetly. \u201cI\u2019m going to the doctor too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now he looked confused. \u201cWhy?\u201d he asked. \u201cYou\u2019re not sick either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She finished pulling on her sweater, grabbed her purse, and said calmly, He blinked. \u201cFix what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She leaned in just enough to make her point land and said, The old man stood there in silence. Then he slowly unbuttoned his coat, hung it back up, and shuffled toward his recliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As he sat down, he muttered, \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll just ask the doctor for vitamins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without looking up, his wife smiled and said, \u201cGood idea. And maybe something for your imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An old man in his eighties slowly pushed himself up from his recliner one quiet afternoon and began putting on his coat. It took him a moment… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4544,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions\/4544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intersting7hr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWell, if you\u2019re planning to start using something that\u2019s been retired for years, I\u2019m going to need the doctor to fix what I<\/em> have to deal with afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re about to start acting like you\u2019re forty again, I\u2019m going to need stronger knees, better hips, and possibly a helmet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n