As we were riding to a photography shop we met an elderly lady on the bus crocheting. I asked her if she made the hat she was wearing and she excitedly answered yes! She began to try and teach me how to crochet while talking about her daily life. Realizing that I was not picking up on the crocheting fast enough she invited my friends and I to her daily meeting place at dunkin donuts at 10am.
In conversation, she mention how she didn't feel needed or wanted by the younger generation at church. This broke my heart and I knew we needed to see her again.

The following day we showed up ready to 'bless her with our presence' and give her the yarn we had bought. But instead we were the ones blessed. She showed up and intentionally had bought extra yarn. She also gave us her own knitting needles and a crochet hook since we failed to find some at our local dollar store. She even gave us a hat she had made for a little boy for us to use as reference, insisting she would make a new hat for the boy she had in mind. She refusing to take our yarn or our money. She didn't need materialistic things. What she needed was to be wanted: for us to accept her yarn, for us to need her teaching, for us to love her as a human being. Proverbs 16:31 "Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life." It got me reflecting and asking the question. How often did I visit an elderly friends just to grace them with my presence, but didn't take the time to listen to their wisdom, learn from their experience, and make them feel empowered, needed, and wanted?