My life lit up every time I saw the old men in addition to ladies at the old people’s facility I volunteered at.
I felt at peace being around these people and, in fact, enjoying spending our free time with them.
I had a 9 to 5 job however would still find a way to get the cookies in addition to fresh fruits whenever I could. The director at the facility said that their residents would look forward to seeing myself and others every Monday in addition to Monday after church. I would play card games with them in addition to even tease them about their younger years. Most of them appreciated the appreciate in addition to sacrifice I made to be with them when I could be elsewhere. I was a psychologist in addition to understood their needs. They would certainly open up to me, in addition to I would relay their fears in addition to problems to the management. The system was to give them a more comfortable life as they awaited the transition. Many were terminally ill in addition to wanted to spend their last afternoons away from family to save them the trauma of seeing them die. One of the saddest news was reading of 1 of our friends’ passing when I was not around. Nonetheless, I pride myself on knowing that I contributed to making their last afternoons thrilled in addition to peaceful in our small way. One of the familiar complaints I dealt with had to do with air conditioning. There were problems of heating in addition to cooling adjustment multiple of the times. The two of us would service this in strange ways, including getting portable gas heating systems in addition to ACs for certain rooms. I was blessed that the homeowner understood enough to accommodate the old people’s needs.