Everyone Dies

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omed into a client’s home and embraced by their whole family (literally), I can’t help but let my mind wander a little. Some live with their kids, some with their spouses of fifty years (or more), and sadly, some live alone.I help with anything and everything I possibly can: washing their hair, getting their mail, playing Scrabble (and losing to a ninety-six-year-old who is still sharp as a tack), holding them steady as they walk to the bathroom, cooking their meals, doing their laundry, attending church and taking them to doctors appointments to get their stitches removed.One day, I spent three hours helping my sweet eighty-five-year-old client navigate the internet so she could return hundreds of dollars worth of sweaters she had bought. At the end of my shift, she was grateful for something that seemed so simple. But, to her, with early-onset Alzheimer’s — it meant the world.<h2 id="f759">A Few Things I’ve Learned About Getting Older (In Three Short Months)</h2><ul><li>Getting older is inevitable, and death will always be sad. Living a good life makes it hurt a little less.</li><li>The most phenomenal human beings in the world are sixty-five and older.</li><li>At the end of the day, all they really need is your company.</li><li>Eve

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ryone, at one time or another, needs help.</li><li>If you cared for someone (and did it well) while you were young and able — you’ve got wicked good karma coming your way.</li><li>It doesn’t matter how much money or stuff you have. If you don’t have a solid support system, dependable people in your life who you trust with anything, or friends and family who check on you — you ain’t got nothin’.</li></ul><h2 id="53d5">One Last Thing I’ve Learned Today</h2>I’m not sure what happened to our cat today. According to Google, the most common cause of sudden death in cats is heart disease, so more than likely, Zeus suffered a heart attack last night. The vet said that the majority of cats don’t live past ten. Zeus was fourteen; he lived a stellar kitty life. I’d like to believe that those bonus four years were because he was loved and cared for so much by us.Be good, do good, live well and love hard. You never know what’s going to happen, when, or why.Fifty years down the road, all that’s going to matter is how kind of a human you were today.Thank you for your kindness. You are loved. ❤© 2019 <a href="undefined">Divina Grey</a>. All rights reserved.</article></body>

Appreciate What You Got While You Got It

I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about today. That was before my son woke me up at 5 am this morning, worried sick about our cat.

“Mom, is Zeus okay?.. He’s not moving.”

My husband jumped out of bed first, and I followed. Sure enough, our cat was sprawled out on my son’s bedroom floor, lifeless. The first breathy words out of my mouth were,

What the fuck?!

I was utterly in shock for a few minutes. He was perfectly fine last night.

I’ve never thought about getting older as much as I do now with my new job. I’ve been in and out of the ER more in the last few months than I have in my entire life. And I straddle the daily borderline between life and death while being an in-home Caregiver.

When I am welcomed into a client’s home and embraced by their whole family (literally), I can’t help but let my mind wander a little. Some live with their kids, some with their spouses of fifty years (or more), and sadly, some live alone.

I help with anything and everything I possibly can: washing their hair, getting their mail, playing Scrabble (and losing to a ninety-six-year-old who is still sharp as a tack), holding them steady as they walk to the bathroom, cooking their meals, doing their laundry, attending church and taking them to doctors appointments to get their stitches removed.

One day, I spent three hours helping my sweet eighty-five-year-old client navigate the internet so she could return hundreds of dollars worth of sweaters she had bought. At the end of my shift, she was grateful for something that seemed so simple. But, to her, with early-onset Alzheimer’s — it meant the world.

A Few Things I’ve Learned About Getting Older (In Three Short Months)

Getting older is inevitable, and death will always be sad. Living a good life makes it hurt a little less.

The most phenomenal human beings in the world are sixty-five and older.

At the end of the day, all they really need is your company.

Everyone, at one time or another, needs help.

If you cared for someone (and did it well) while you were young and able — you’ve got wicked good karma coming your way.

It doesn’t matter how much money or stuff you have. If you don’t have a solid support system, dependable people in your life who you trust with anything, or friends and family who check on you — you ain’t got nothin’.

One Last Thing I’ve Learned Today

I’m not sure what happened to our cat today. According to Google, the most common cause of sudden death in cats is heart disease, so more than likely, Zeus suffered a heart attack last night. The vet said that the majority of cats don’t live past ten. Zeus was fourteen; he lived a stellar kitty life. I’d like to believe that those bonus four years were because he was loved and cared for so much by us.

Be good, do good, live well and love hard. You never know what’s going to happen, when, or why.

Fifty years down the road, all that’s going to matter is how kind of a human you were today.

Thank you for your kindness. You are loved. ❤