It was good to see you as you are a person of the earth

So the past few days I have been racking my brain trying to come up with an amusing anecodote when I came to the realization that yall kinda have to know the people in order to find it amusing. So I thought I would submit this one and I dont expect yall to find it too amusing.

One of the people I really liked speaking to was this old crotchety lady. She was in her 80s and had a pretty set routine. She would wake up and sit out in the dayroom playing cards until breakfast. Then she would play cards until lunch. Then she would be forced to leave the dayroom while it was cleaned after lunch. During this time she would pace around the hallway. Finally when the day room was cleaned she would go back in and play some more cards till dinner. After dinner it was cards till bed time.

So one thing we would do is try to get her to interact with us or with her fellow residents. She would many times yell at you or scream( and she had a pair of lungs)that she wanted or didnt want anything. Oh, and dont try to shake her hand, she will try and break it. So in essence, she is a bit crotchety, she yells, and doesnt want you near her.

So around Christmas time there was a caroling event at the facility. I took three people over, a guy in a wheel chair, a woman who is somewhat catatonic, and this old crotchety lady. While we were sitting there some people started to sing some of the songs. During the song Noel, all of a sudden the crotchety lady starts yelling at the top of her lungs NOOEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. I was taken a back by it as I did not expect her to take part. It was one of the funniest things I had ever seen and was wonderful as she was actually interacting with her peers.

While this might not come across as amsuing, sadly its one of those things that had to be there to truly enjoy. When I left on my last day I said goodbye to her and how much I enjoyed working with her, ahe responded with one of her trademark phrases. "It was good to see you as you are a person of the earth". Yup... I will definitly miss working with her.