Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband.
Once a year I go pay a visit to a home for people with
disabilities. It is a special place in that the people who live there are so
friendly and kind, you can’t help but fall in love with them. They are a high
functioning bunch of men and women who enjoy life and are proud of their home,
and live together like a loving family. I like to bring them something such s
cookies, which they enjoy upon returning home from their day program. I wouldn’t
think of going to someone’s home without a little something, after all.
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| When it was under rennovation |
Once upon a time the house they live in was somewhat of a
mess on the outside, and it looked like an eyesore to the neighbors, so the
agency fixed it up and now, in its present state is one of the nicer homes on
the street.
People with disabilities living away from family take on an
identity of their own that I admire. My daughter Ellen for one left home many
years ago and now lives peacefully with her peers, and in doing so has accepted
the idea that mom and dad no longer live with her.
My visits once a year are for the benefit of the residents,
establishing whether or not they are as comfortable as they can be, is there
enough food or space or are things safe for them. Are we the agency maintaining
a high standard for the residents in our provisions of health, services and
daily support? This is an important job, but it is not the only things we do.
We enable the staff to do a better job, when we know what it is they need to do
their wonderful works.
I interview a different individual every time I visit this
one particular home and get some wonderful answers. In front of me is a set of
questions I ask provided by the agency’s audit form that I use. One question I
asked was: “Are you happy with the food you get here?” His answer: “I’ll let
you know when it isn’t.” I had a hard time not laughing, and yet I hope he
does.
Meeting these guys, and advocating for them is really a
wonderful blessing in my life, one that will be taken very seriously whenever I
do it.
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