You recently visited an old age home. Describe what you saw and experienced when you were there with the inmates
This year, my parents and I decided to visit an old age home for my birthday. As all my grandparents live far away, getting to spend my birthday with old people was no less than a treat. We went there at 10 am. Some people were in wheel chairs, some were using walking sticks while some walked freely. Slowly, yes but freely.
We started with breakfast. Some people had already had food but they still sat around the table for something like a second breakfast. My parents and I served them food and after some time sat down with them. After food some had to be given medicines, some went to their rooms for a nap and some went out into the gardens for some fresh air. After taking his medication, an old man sat by the window with a book in his hand. He was not reading but smiling and looking at the dining table. I walked over and inquired about the reason for his happiness. He patted my shoulder and told me that he tooo had a grand-daughter y age. He hadn’t seen her for quiet a few years now.
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I was taken aback. I was unable to meet my grandparents as they were far away but not meeting them while in the same city would hurt much more. Seeing my confused face, he said that as a child, his grand-daughter would serve him with her tiny hands and eat with him in the same plate. When I said that this situation must be so sad for him, he told me that some people had it worse. He told me that another female inmate there had dementia. Everyday she would wake up, pray and while distributing the holy offerings among everybody tell them that her son had just landed a job. Her son was a fifty year old man with a stable job and a good salary which he held for close to twenty years now. There were at least five others who were clearly abandoned by their kids.
It was then that I actually realized the importance of older people at home. Its not just they who need us but also we who are in desperate need of their blessings. knowledge, experience, lessons and love.
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