Stop in for a cup of coffee

This will sound crazy and you all probably won't understand why it effected me (and even I don't). But we as a group of friends from work always go to a local retirement home to take gifts and do a party. Next week is the veterans home. But Friday night I thought my 88 year old mom is still more functional of most of the patients. (I am scoping out a place for when we have to place her) I noticed this one lady and I thought she looked a little familiar. She looked like a lady I was dating and very serious about when I was 20. We even talked of marriage and as I went to college we discussed it. But then SHE found someone and that was that. Well as the evening ended and as the residents shuffled by and her with her walker looked up at me and said... "Hi Tike". Life has been unkind to her. Geesh and for some reason it bothers me.