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sleeping in the° middle
Of the bed.- It's eating an
omelet ,by yourself and the
more of it yotreat, the bigger
it gets. 1
It's not talking all day and
saying something duMb just
to tee if yourvolestUl
works.
It's frozen bread, aaer
set at MINI -LOAD, and
clocks that may just as well
be calendars..
From a nursing home in ,
Texas comes a Christmas.
story on loneliness sent to me
by "Janis," whose 92 -year-
-old grandmother lives there.
"You cannot. imagine how
they all looked forward to
Christmas. The nurses gave
them corsages to 'wear and
the halls were decked out in
decorations. They had been
given baths and their hair
fixed and every lady had a
red dress on. Christmas
music played in the back-
ground and those who could
walk got up to waltz.
"It was into this atmo-
sphere that I walked on
Christmas Eve. Every head
raised and looked ' at me
curiously. At that moment,
one woman strained to see
through her gla'Sses. Then
she smiled and said; "Lin-
da?"
"Dro,' 1 said, "I'm Janis."
"As I found my way to my
grandmother, not once, but
several times they reached
out and said, 'Are you here to
see'• me?' Aren't you my
granddaughter?' I almost
felt like I. should say yes.
Why not? They were forget -
fill and,. wouldn't remember
Me the next day anyway, but
• they would remember the
'diiappoi.,tment and loneli-
ness for a long time. It was
the saddest thing I had ever
seen.
This year, I may, not be
able to visit my grandmother
but I will visit a. nursing
home near where I live and
when they say, "Are you.
here to see me?' I will an-
swer, 'Yes.'
"I hope too. someone ,will
visit .• my grandma and
compliment on her new
'permanent and, her 20 -year-
old red dress and when she
raises her head and asks.
some brunette woman' with
glasses, 'Janis?' maybe that
woman will have. the love in
her heart to say, 'Yes,
Gramma, it's me.' "
I've always thought there
should be a , telethon for
loneliness. There would be
the usual Las Vegas stage
with six or seven bank § of
-telephones, manned by
volunteers.
No money would, change
hands. No matching pledges.
•No easy credit card numbers
to be, taken down. Just a
union of two people:' One who
needs the time to talk. The
other who makes the time to
listen.
fine marliets... of fine foods
New drama
series for
CBC television
A major highlight ot the
season, Sons and Daughters
is an award-winning new
series of . half-hour film
dramas to be. .seen on CBC
Teleidsion, Thursdays' at 8
p.m. beginning January ' 5.
Inspired by the works of. •
such well-known and much -
loved authors as •Alice
Munro, Earle Birney and
'Lucy Maud Montgomery,
'this family series chronicles
the joys and sorrows' of
'growing up, encompassing
both urban and rural 'fe —
past and'present.
"Sons and Daughters.
landmark , Canadian series,
set in breath -taking scenery
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Head of Children's . Televi-
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"Spanning generations of
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of growing up from a Cana-
dian perspective. Though the
protagonists are :young
people the stories are not for
children only, but for the en-
tire television audience."
Boys and Girls (January 5,
8 p.m.) the first episode,. is
based on a short story, by
Alice Munro. Winner of the
1983 CFTA (Canadian Film
and Television Association)
award for Best •Drama
Under Thirty Minutes and
1983 winner for Best Overall
Production, lys and Girls
explores one girl's aWaken-
ing to the implications of role
stereotyping. Megan Fol-
lows, one of Canada's btight- •
est young stars, plays
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