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Yay, it’s my volunteer day

Shelley

I’m off to one of my favorite annual events.  I’m so excited, it is a fun way to end the summer.

I hope it doesn’t rain.  It’s not supposed to.  The weather predictions are for a nice cool, 70-ish kind of day.

I wrote about my first experience with this event, click here, I hope you have time to check that post out.  It’s near and dear to my heart.

I’ll see you back here soon!  Happy Thursday, all, enjoy your day!

~Shelley xx

 

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Letting my quirk out one post at a time.

24 thoughts on “Yay, it’s my volunteer day”

  6. A very lovely post. It’s so nice to have those memories. Something strange happened to me the other day. I thought to myself that I wanted to call my mom and then realized she’s been gone for fourteen years. Maybe it was a way of her letting me know that she was thinking of me.

    1. Thank you for taking a peek at the posts. I do think we are reminded of people who have passed on, especially when we’re deep in thought of things we know they’d enjoy hearing about.

  8. This was not only a good weather day, of which we’ve had fewer than normal as you know, thus a chance to air the cobwebs in the brain, but what a worthwhile endeavor as well. Volunteer work can be so rewarding and I’ve done some in the past, before the rigor of the college years, then work commitments and other commitments took it toll on intruding into precious free time. But this is a subject near and dear to your heart and I’m glad you can continue to be at this camp and show your strength as well. Cheers to you Shelley!

    1. Thank you, Linda. I’ve read somewhere that volunteering lengthens your life as well as strengthens your brain function. I’ll take it, especially seeing the toll that dementia takes on these participants. One gentleman has been an artist all his life, but his parents wouldn’t foster it. He became an accountant, and hated it. When his Lewy-Body dementia took hold, he started painting and drawing, he’s very good. I was impressed at his focus and the painting he made yesterday was stunning. The mind is an amazing thing, even with dementia.

      1. I have heard that as well Shelley. I have also read of people who have dementia and don’t recognize family members or sometimes don’t know their own name, yet have the ability to continue to create. There was a special on an artist one time – she kept painting, though she did not know her name or that of her partner of multiple decades.

        1. Yes, dementia does strange things to the brain, that’s for sure. It’s nice when they find an outlet to find moments of joy and contentment.

          1. It would give their loved ones some peace to watch them enjoying an activity they once loved, a small moment of peace, but peace nonetheless to remember how it used to be.

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