The Story of Diann, Jackie, Papa, & Frederick

In recent times, Diann lived in care facility. Jackie Wright had a long-term, special, best friends, mentorship with Diann over the years. She tell this story of a visit.

“On my very first visit with Diann, I took a monkey stuffed animal Papa & I named Fredrick. Diann had given Fredrick to Papa when he was in the hospital for the tumor he had in 2014. So, he wanted Fredrick to keep Diann company at Barathaven. Needless to say, I never saw Fredrick again on any of my visits. We knew he was there somewhere, making somebody happy. Well, I'm happy to say that Papa and I saw Fredrick today! A resident with a walker came into the activity room and on the seat of that walker was a collection of stuffed animals. And there was Fredrick! Diann's full name is on his label. The activity director told me that particular resident goes into rooms and collects everyone's stuffed animals; and of course, while we are watching her, she was taking a stuffed animal off a shelf in the activity room to add to her collection.”