We all need to feel wanted and appreciated, and elderly widows very often feel a profound lack of that: Their husbands have died, many of their friends and family members have died, and their children are grown and busy. There may still be people who care about them, but it’s not remotely the same for them as when they were young.

This gentleman grasped this lack of active appreciation for elderly women and went about to fix it. And so, every year he hosts a Valentine’s Day lunch for local widows, especially those in nursing homes. By doing so, he not only brings immediate joy to the women, but he helps them recover warm and loving memories from their past.

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Before turning back to the mundane, see if you can imagine variations on this theme: Things you might do to help people recover important and productive memories; memories and appreciations that time may have stolen from them.