Sunday, March 27, 2005
Happy Easter
We went to my aunts house for dinner where none of the typical Easter dishes were served :( with the potato salad exception. My little cousins are getting big, and I had no desire to hunt Easter eggs this year. Strange...
I finally got to leave between downpours around 2 and made it to Troy. I decided to leave my cousins CD with one of our friends up there since I didn't get to see him this weekend. When I got there the news alert was on and Montgomery was under a tornado warning so I waited in Troy for a while.
Made it back to Montgomery and decided to cook... Strange... However much to my disappointment, no one wanted to come over for dinner. So I cooked anyway and put it in the fridge for t/m. Crazy people who chooses hotdogs over a real homecooked meal.
All and all today has been strange, the weather, my emotions, food choices all very very strange
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Too much @ once
Monday, March 14, 2005
Early Bedtime Tonight
Sunday, March 13, 2005
This is long but worth reading
I realize it has been a while, but I have been super busy. I started at Wiregrass Hospice this week. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were spent in the
I rode with the Chaplain on Thursday, we went to several houses and then a funeral and finally a few nursing homes. It was in the nursing home where I almost lost it, this sweet couple who have been married over 70 years are both on Hospice. The woman is in worse shape than her husband, and he was telling us how she woke up depressed that morning. He went on to say she was sad about not being able to enjoy their home and see all the memories in the home. He then told us about praying with her and talking and deciding that God has a reason for them being here. About that time I looked up and there was a tear dropping from the tip of this sweet man’s face onto his wife’s bed. I was so overcome at that moment.
How wonderful it is to have someone to spend your entire life with. This couple can remember playing marbles together when they were just children. On the flip side how painful it must be to watch your spouse die. I have a strong faith in God just as these two, and I pray I will know those joys and pains one day.
The great thing about Hospice is most of the patients know what is happening to them and accept it. Our goal is to allow them to have the fullest life possible for whatever time they have left. I think I am going to love my job I know these first few weeks are going to be emotionally taxing on me, so if I could ask my friends just to call me and see how I am doing it would mean a lot to me.
Friday I rode with a nurse, we left the office about