There are 2 residents here at THD that I admired. First is a gentleman of my age who devotes some of his free time to the Meals on Wheel Program every Thursday. His actions reminds me of my own voluntary work during my younger years. During one of our breakfast conversations, we talk about volunteer work. I told the group of the Medical Missions in Marinduque, Philippines that I have participated/organized. Besides the medical missions, I also told them of my donations of time, money and knowledge to my Island of Birth. Here are the links and postings from my blogs:
https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2016/06/my-involvement-with-medical-missions-in.html
https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2020/05/it-is-better-to-give-than-to-receive.html
https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-donation-to-upv-library-fund-to.html
The other resident I admired is a gentleman in my exercise class. Inspite of his hand tremors, he tries to perform all the exercises to the best of his ability. Moreover as far as I know he is always on time and faithful to the Exercise Activities here at THD. I know he has Parkinson-A disease I am familiar with. My late spouse (Macrine) had Parkinson for 7 years and I took care of her as she deteriorates with the help of home care aides. Hopefully a cure of this malady will be discovered in the near future. Here's my previous postings on PD.
https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2018/09/latest-news-on-treatment-of-parkinsons.html
4 comments:
Thank You, Anonymous! Comments will inspire me not to stop blogging!
Your blog is a useful complement to our social life here at THD: thank you, David. . . Dean
Thanks, David: your blog is a rich complement to our spontaneous mealtime conversations. . . Dean
Meals on wheels volunteers remind me of my dad who volunteered to deliver food to those in need during his seventies. Sometimes he had to deliver food to customers who were much younger than him. He found happiness and purpose doing volunteer work.
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