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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Then I stumbled onto something that really, really made a difference.
I found out how to help people who really needed help, who couldn't help themselves, and who really appreciated the help.
Through the church I fould elderly couples or widows who were shut-ins.
I started visiting a couple times a month, running errands, buying groceries for them, buying medicine for them, doing things they couldn't do for themselves.
I do a little handyman work fixing plumbing or minor electrical stuff, whatever i can handle.
Sometimes the nicest thing I can do is just sit and visit with them. Talk to them, listen to them, let them know that they are important and that someone still cares about them. That'll take the hard edge off any heart.
For a few years we invited an eldery widow to spend Christmas with us.
Otherwise she'd be all alone.
Taking her home afterward was tough. She was crying from gratitude and despair, knowingt hat she had a family for a couple days but now she's going back to being all alone. She passed and we haven't mustered up the guts to do it again, it's hard.
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Thank you for sharing. This past year, just was we were about to move out of Seattle to OH, our elderly neighbor passed away. His wife knew nothing about their affairs. He was was very secretive. I did everything I could to help her arrange their finances, but like you said, what really helped was just being there to talk to her. I'm going to look into opportunities to help elderly people here in OH as well.