The house next door has become far too quiet. Sarge, a Korean War vet, and his wonderful wife, who has taken care of him as he slipped into deeper and deeper dementia, have been neighbors/friends for 20 years. They even let us get married on their huge lawn (where they later built the small house that's now too quiet). He's hospitalized, and won't likely be coming home. She visits him. We bring over tomatoes and deliver kind thoughts to help her as we can. It never seems enough. #smallstories