Today I was walking to the library, I walk past the nursing home on my way there. This time as I was walking towards the library, I saw an old woman sitting alone. Today I had decided to go talk to her instead of just smiling and walking past.
She told me about her family and that her father was an activist. She told me about the wonderful places
she traveled and the funny moments she had. It felt nice seeing a smile on her face while she was describing her best moments. We sat there for about an hour.
She told me she was all alone and that it felt nice talking to someone after so long. The last person she had a conversation with was one of the nurses but she had found another job and now there wasn't anyone for her to talk to.
It made me feel sad that older people are vulnerable to loneliness and social isolation and sometimes this can have a serious impact on their health. We should try our best and make some time to talk to the elderly, whether it be our grandparents, neighbor or even a random elderly person. The elderly woman was highly intelligent and I learned so much from her in less than a hour.
She told me about her family and that her father was an activist. She told me about the wonderful places
she traveled and the funny moments she had. It felt nice seeing a smile on her face while she was describing her best moments. We sat there for about an hour.She told me she was all alone and that it felt nice talking to someone after so long. The last person she had a conversation with was one of the nurses but she had found another job and now there wasn't anyone for her to talk to.
It made me feel sad that older people are vulnerable to loneliness and social isolation and sometimes this can have a serious impact on their health. We should try our best and make some time to talk to the elderly, whether it be our grandparents, neighbor or even a random elderly person. The elderly woman was highly intelligent and I learned so much from her in less than a hour.
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- Posted by Nidhi510
- May 30, 2019
- Comments (7)
Readers Comments
cabbage wrote: Your presence was the perfect gift to her--thank you so much for being there for her.
mindyjourney wrote: Thank you for taking the time to listen with such an open heart and share it with us :))
Mish wrote: So beautiful. Your kindness surely meant so much for her. Bless you. â¤ï¸
DANCE wrote: so special to spend time with her
kjoyw wrote: Being that loving and listening presence was just perfect! Bless
leoladyc728 wrote: aren't there any senior centers near you? Ty for taking the time to talk to her.
TheHuman wrote: You are defenitely an Angel!!!
