Just checking

I hesitate to write about the heat wave, lest I fall into one of those weather cliches, but this is a nice story. A friend's father, an 80-year-old World War II veteran, took their dog Maisy out for a walk yesterday in his neighborhood. At one point, Maisy decided she needed a rest and sat down. She wouldn't get up, so her walker decided to sit down with her. A woman drove by and looked over at the man and dog sitting on the tree lawn in 90-degree heat. Something about the "watch out for others" warnings we've been getting in the last few days must have sunk in, because she turned around and drove back, asking him if he was OK or needed anything. "Just waiting for my dog to rest," he said, or something like that. She probably felt silly for awhile, but I hope she felt good in the end. A lot of people have suffered and died because somebody didn't think to just check on them.