Commit An Act Of Kindness - Snowflake Challenge #12

[logicgunn]

I'm back at work, and as a nursing assistant my entire job is nothing but acts of kindness. Today I comforted a man who just lost his wife, and performed the last offices on her. There's something kinda humbling about taking care of the deceased. There's a custom in Scotland, and I'm sure other places in the world, where you open the window to let the departed's soul out. I'm not one to believe in a soul, but I do it anyway because you can't always know the beliefs of your patients.

My wife is working nights for the next six nights and to take care of her I will make her something nice for dinner as often as I can. Night shift is difficult just by virtue of staying awake when your body is telling you to sleep. I'll miss her like heck though.

Wade x

Comments

[teigh_corvus]

This is lovely. And I hope those night shifts slide by quickly for you and your wife. <3

[logicgunn]

Thank you. :) She's just left for the first of the six, so I'm moping. She'll be back before I know it.

[squidgiepdx]

That's pretty awesome of doing that for your patients. I know people who would probably go, "No, that goes against my beliefs, so I won't do it."

And yes, night shift can take it out on you. I *love* nights, though. I get so much more done!!!

[logicgunn]

I actually like night shift, but I hate being on the opposite shift to my wife. The thing about nights is there are no doctors or rounds or meals, just you and the patients. If someone needs something there's nothing else trying to get your attention.

When I'm writing I tend to get more ideas at night too.

[pronker]

It's a sweetly generous thing to do for the departed. I agree that caring for them shows our humankindness because they cannot possibly do anything for us in a tit for tat situation. Best wishes to you night people everywhere; what would we do without them?

[logicgunn]

I wish my neighbours would remember that we do nightshift. They can be soo noisy coming in the building. :(
You definitely don't go into healthcare for a zero-sum interaction.

[tarlanx]

I hope the night shift passed quickly :)

[logicgunn]

It did, but she's just done her third of six so...can't wat for her days off. :)