Welcomed Sight

The window in our breakfast room looks out over the lake, so I like to sit for an extra cup of coffee and enjoy where we live. This morning I got an unexpected treat while sipping my java. Wilbow Fisher was out in his boat fishing away. I recognized him because he is the only one around here I know who wears an orange cap. It is so orange I believe it would glow in the dark. Anyway, Wilbow has been real sick for the last few months, his appendix popped and he got poisoned blood from it. The doctors kept him in the hospital and gave him antibiotics in his veins. I heard it said that years ago before these wonder drugs he would have probably died. Back then a lot of people did. Wilbow is a good citizen and it is heartwarming to see him up and about. He and his wife May Susan couldn't have children of their own so they got to adopting kids and ended up with a half dozen. A couple of children were from Russia and one came from somewhere over around China. Three were local from a family that lost both mother and father within a year. Wilbow is hard working, God fearing, and totally unselfish. Losing him would have been a big blow to Harper.

Tales of Harper, short stories and poems about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle