- I attended the AGM and a workshop put on by the local affiliate of the organization that certifies L____ teachers in Ontario. It was a great chance to get my face seen and meet the board members, not to mention getting great teaching resources at the workshop. The GRACE part of this is that although I should have been added to their email list when I joined the provincial level of the organization last fall, I had not received notice of this annual event. I only stumbled onto the announcement two weeks ago because I happened to be snooping around on related websites. What a happy accident! I almost missed it.
- A good shift at the hospice. One resident really enjoyed the lasagna, one asked for scrambled eggs for supper and ate them right up.
- I like it when I go around to the rooms at 4:00 to see if people feel up to eating what is on the menu for that evening. Then I list some alternatives for things I can prepare as sides. It’s neat when someone perks up and says something like, “Tomatoes? You have fresh tomatoes? Yes, please slice one on the side for me,” or whatever. I enjoy catering to individual tastes and preferences.
- Getting the soup off and steam trays clean in time to leave right at 8:00 so that I made it home in time for Earth Hour. Sylvain and I lit candles and spent an hour just talking by candlelight.
- The peacefulness of Sundays.
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I”d love to arrange it so when I am dying you are there to cater to my wants and needs. Really. What a blessing to have you at the bedsides of these hospice patients. (Maybe i can encourage my daughter to read your blog…) ;-)