An assortment of colorful Christmas cards sat neatly on the small desk behind her as Callie McClain leaned back in the small brown-striped chair in the center of her living room.
Partially hidden behind the metal walker she needs to move around the modest Gilliam Avenue house she’s called home for more than 50 years, the 85-year-old patiently waited Tuesday morning for a knock on the door.
That knock — it typically comes about 11 a.m. Mondays through Fridays — means the only meal McClain will eat between dawn and dusk has arrived.
“They come every day about this time. Sometimes they may be running a little late, but I know they’re coming,” McClain said on Christmas Eve. “They never forget me. Even if they miss the house, you know they’ll turn on around and come right on back.
“It’s different people. They come like a week (at a time), and they’re all very nice. They just bring (the food) in and say ‘Merry Christmas’ or ‘Nice to see you’ or whatever, and then it’s ‘Goodbye.’”
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