My First Casual Job!

Yesterday, I started my first casual job, working as a care giver at a retirement home. I was rostered onto the hospital wing, which involved caring for elderly people with dementia or those who could no longer care for themselves.
It was interesting meeting the elderly people/clients. They have such varied and interesting pasts and are from all walks of life... doctors, lawyers, dental nurses, hospital matrons, teachers, architects, engineers, etc....
It was both humbling and sad to see people as they near the end of their lives. 
Most of their bedrooms have photos of their families, and some of themselves when they were younger. 
Today, as I was spoon feeding an elderly man who was crippled and totally dependent from having had a stroke, I noticed a photo hanging on his bedroom wall, which showed a strong, capable man, out in a boat, enjoying a day fishing. It was sad to see how different he was now.

Initially, when we decided to name this blog, "Our Journey" ..... we did so, thinking it was  a journey in the geographical sense. However, already, in such a short time, it has become so much more than that.