A Friendship Through the Ages MR. DAN AND LITTLE NORAH
deciding that he was her new best friend. Dan spent Thanksgiving Day at the Wood household that following November. Two years later, the pair are still thick as thieves.
In 2016, Dan Peterson, 82, was grocery shopping alone. After his wife passed away six months prior, Dan had fallen into a depression and was, as he put it, “waiting to die” — that is, until he turned a corner in the store and heard a little voice say, “Hi, old person! It’s my birthday today!” The voice belonged to 4-year-old Norah Wood, who was shopping with her mother. Dan was confused by the greeting from the strange child and even more so when little Norah demanded a hug. Unable to say no to such a request, Dan gave the little girl a hug and said, “You don’t know. This is the first time for quite a while that I’ve been this happy.” Norah’s mother, Tara, was utterly amazed by the interaction. “She zeroed in on him like a missile. And she didn’t want anything from him. She just wanted to make him feel loved and give him a hug. And his little lip quivered and he was teared up and it was just sweet.” The unusual pair didn’t say goodbye forever at the grocery store. Norah insisted on visiting “Mr. Dan” every week,
When Norah graduated preschool this past spring, Dan joined the parents and grandparents in the audience to cheer her on. Dan takes Norah for walks around his vegetable garden and, according to Norah, Mr. Dan is “sweet like a peppermint!” Once, when Dan took a little while to answer his door during a visit, Norah started crying with worry and refused to let go once her friend finally appeared.
It’s a love that proves five generations is nothing when it comes to true friends.
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