As I posted earlier, my father was in Beaumont just prior to Christmas this year. On Dec. 18th, he decided to brave the Detroit winter on our asphalt driveway wearing only a t-shirt, shorts, and slippers. Mind you, the man is 81 years old and it had snowed about half a foot. Needless to say, he fell and broke his scapula. Surgery ensued, as did recovery at Woodward Hills Nursing Home. Glad to say he is on the mend, at home now healing.
My father is a great man, if I do say so myself. After working in the car industry for his entire life, during retirement, he decided to start donating his time at Beaumont Hospital. He even won the volunteer of the year award a few years back for the thousands of hours he has spent in his red blazer escorting people out of the hospital. This is actually where the U of D angel tale begins.
Turns out that the t-shirt my father was wearing during the tragic fall was a UD Jesuit Cubs one. It got all torn up during the fall. While he was at Beaumont, an employee who worked there noticed the UD Jesuit shirt. She saw it was torn to shreds.
This kind woman actually drove all the way down to UD Jesuit that evening and bought my dad a new t-shirt! As my dad would say, "Only a Cubbie!". This is the spirit of Detroit.
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