XXII: The Tragic Story of the Happiest 83 year old I've Ever Met - Robin Jones
Robin “Waring” Jones is 83. He cared for his wife Kit through seven years of dementia, lost fifteen years of his life to addiction, and grew up biracial in a Canada that still hung “no blacks” signs.
Today he owns eight suits, each dyed a different colour, and he gives strangers silver dollars with a hug. This is a conversation about choosing colour when the world keeps going gray, and what a lifetime of loss can teach you about giving.
Why he wears bright suits full of colour
Caring for Kit through dementia
Fifteen years lost to addiction
The silver dollar that reached me
Giving as the…
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