Tuesday, November 1, 2016

WHY I LOVE MY JOB

I LOVE my job.. Is that to strong of a word for such a disgusting thing? You may think so, although, I do not!! My job is quite simple, I socialize. Yes I do. I mean its not all that I do, but it is the thing that I do the most of. I work at a nursing home for the elderly, and my position is a Student Nursing Aid. I make well over minimum wage and thoroughly enjoy the residents I assist. But its not the money that keeps me there, its the stories... Its the smiles I see when I walk them to dinner, the smiles I see when I talk to them. The look in their eyes and on their faces when they are content and telling a story, A story you know they have probably told a million times and can only hope they will tell a million more...
A resident at my work last night thanked me for how much I have helped her, how just my presence is reassuring and that she is thankful for everything I do, have done and will continue to do. She is a stereotypical old lady who calls you "love", "honey" and "sweetheart". Although the thing is, they all thank me, but in reality it is them who I should be thanking. They have opened a part of me that I never knew existed, a part where one of my favourite things to do is talk, and tell stories (maybe that's why I started a blog... ). The residents at my work have taught me to be thankful of every single thing that I am given. To smile because life is worth it. And they also taught me that life is the most valuable thing. For thanksgiving this year the residents made a tree of all of the things we were thankful for, the most reoccurring thing was life. Why is this? Probably because they've lived long enough to see just about all of it. They know there are rough spots, and they know there are not so rough spots.They also know that at the end of the day it was just a day, it may have been a good one or bad one, but either way it was still, just, a day...
The things I get to learn and have learnt at work are things I will use to aid me in the understanding of the rest of my life. These things will be life lessons I will never forget, so a thank you to my work and all that they have ,done. Rest in peace to the residents who have passed away, and welcome to the residents who will be coming to live at the home. I hope to bring a smile to your face at least once!!

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