Where Promises Disappear
patting the other side of the bed
Justin George: For 25 years, Art and Pat Fuxan took Communion to Catholics in nursing homes.
They slipped broken bits of wafers onto the tongues of the infirm. Strangers barged in on them with incoherent rants. Everyone seemed lonely. Lifeless eyes stared back.
Art and Pat feared they were looking into their own future.
They promised never to send each other to such a place.
