Brad Hathaway

To the Editor;

            If the uses of this world seem weary, flat, stale and unprofitable, and you could use a little inspiration, hie thee to Bowman Road on Saturday morning where you will encounter the irrepressible Brad Hathaway. This 92-year-old man, despite an affliction with Parkinson’s disease and thrice weekly dialysis treatments will be there, not to catalog his ills or lament his fate but to benefit others. At 10.30a.m. this unconquerable soul will grasp his walker and embark on the one-mile trek to his home on Aucoot Road, surrounded by family, neighbors and friends. That’s maybe twenty-five hundred paces, with each step requiring some effort. This is simply heroic. The walk is a fundraiser for the annual Priscilla Hathaway Art Scholarship, established by Brad and the Mattapoisett Land Trust to honor his late wife but it is really a celebration of the human spirit. So, if you feel as though you are walking in the midst of trouble come, be uplifted, and walk a mile in Brad’s shoes.

Don Cuddy, Mattapoisett

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