Follow
A friend works at a seniors' home, where he's now experiencing something I've witnessed in the past. One client wails for god to take her, then when staff pop in, insists she's fine, before going back to praying for death once they're gone.
Back in Canada, I sat sometimes with seniors who didn't know why their god hadn't taken them. Alone, tired, in under-resourced facilities... It breaks a humanist's heart when one's cosmology offers no comfort.
But that's where we come in, for each other. 💙
@holon42 Thank you for all the work you put into helping folks be more present with one another in such facilities.
May the birds and the garden project offer well-earned reprieve for you now, too.
@MLClark thanks, it does indeed. euphoria.😎
@MLClark i volunteered for many years in a LTC facility, with others putting on "high tea" in dining room afternoons, running Snoezelen room events for Alzheimer's residents, etc.
those kinds of programs really helped people feel companionship, chatting with each other, instead of sitting alone in their rooms or (shudder) watching TV all day.
not up to that anymore, now have bird feeders and a garden rewilding project so i can rest between activities.