It’s Christmas … and poor Lloyd is still alone
Lloyd Kurtz
It’s the holiday season. Friends and families get together to share meals and parties. It is that time of the year. Some folks are at the end of the line, they have outlived most friends and families are more involved with themselves than remembering the older generation.
Lloyd Kurtz lives in a modular home in Myrtle Beach, SC. He moved there after a long career as a plumber in the DC area. Lloyd was married and raised two daughters. After moving to South Carolina, he and his wife enjoyed the company of two of his wifes sisters and an occasional visit from his daughters. One daughter got married and was juggling a career and raising a family, while the other daughter limped through one failed marriage and several relationships before remarrying again.
For the longest time, the only time Lloyd got to spend much time with his daughters was when he made the drive north. Years passed and that drive got longer and longer. He is past 80 and last year he made the trip one more time.
The professional daughter has made a few trips with her family to visit. The other daughter found herself divorced again and is too busy with her life here to be bothered with driving to South Carolina. Those trips ended when her last husband walked out the door.
Lloyd isn’t hard to find. He lives on Horseshoe Circle. If you are in Myrtle Beach area over the holidays, maybe you could drop by and sit on the porch with him for a spell. He lost his wife, his children don’t seem to care and within the last couple years he had to sell his boat (it was to hard for him to get it hooked up and then to take it down to the river and launch it alone.)
He still tends to his garden and beautiful blooming plants. He putters here and there making sure things are ship shape. He is a kind man. He is a veteran. He is a father. He is a grandfather. It is the holiday season. He is alone.
If nothing else, keep him in your prayers. There but for the grace of God go I…
