I did volunteer work for Vista Care, it’s a hospice that employs volunteers and gives them the opportunity to help terminally ill people and their families. I spent time with people as they were in their final days; what an opportunity! What a special special honor to be able to be with someone before they die. I couldn’t believe that there were families that couldn’t make time to spend those final days with their parents, and those that did I was able to help them: I was with my mom when she passed away and having had the experience gave me a special compassion for them. I was going to learn to become a grief counselor when I had some transportation problems and had to stop doing volunteer work.
I was only going to stop for awhile, but can you believe this, I haven’t gotten my transportation back together SINCE; and though I am driving now to work and back, my car is not legal, and it must be legal in order to drive if I ever want to or need to drive a patient to the store or anything. Getting my car legal is on my list; once I have my car again, I can do volunteer work again. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. Maybe I could even do something else too!!! Maybe something for the homeless or “Meals on Wheels” or something I don’t know. All I know is that doing volunteer work is good for the soul. I must do volunteer work while I can. I hate to say this but the way my life goes it’s just as likely that I’ll end up needing the services of some kind of agency as it is that I’ll be able to do volunteer work for them; but if I am able to escape poverty and once I’m at a point where I can take care of my owh problems the first thing I want to do is give back. I love doing volunteer work. I hate being in need. God help me.
