Hello!
Wow a lot has changed since I last blogged. You may have noticed the title "new things?" Let me explain :)
Well first of all I have a NEW niece!!! Ruby Elizabeth Silver was born on September 24th and I'm absolutely thrilled to have a niece who I can buy cute little dresses for!! Although I have not yet had a chance to meet her I hope I will get to soon! My mind can't comprehend the fact the my sister who used to live in the room next to me, who shared almost every minute of the first 17 years of my life, has a new baby who I have not yet met!! I wish more than anything that I could have been there for her at this special moment in her life BUT distance and money make that hard. I miss having both my sisters living close by. I am so thankful for sisters that are my best friends!
Secondly, Jonny got a NEW job! He is still at the same place but he got a promotion and I'm so proud of him! He was told that there were over 50 applicants for that job but he GOT IT!! He likes his new job much better than his old one and that makes me happy. He is working full-time now and I'm still getting used to that. I miss him and wish that I could spend every second with him but I guess we are still in the "honeymoon stage" which I hope never ends by the way! He oftens tell me that he wishes I could fit in his pocket so that I could go with him everywhere!! ha ha I love him
Thirdly, I got a NEW job!! As of November 5 I will officially be working at the HOSPITAL! I am soooo excited! My mom says that when I was a kid we would visit people in the hospital and I loved being there! Kind of strange to love the hospital, but I did, and now I have a job there! I don't really know too many details about it so far so I hope it's the perfect job that I seem to think it is! I handed in my 2 weeks notice at the retirement home. Although I have only worked there 2 months (12 hours a wk :S) I am going to miss the residents there SO much! One elderly gentleman who I help take care of told me in the first week I worked there that he was really sorry but he probably wouldn't remember my name because he is awful with names. (he is 92 years old!!!) I told him that was ok and I understand. About a week later I was walking down the hall and he smiled so big and said "I REMEMBER YOUR NAME!!! IT'S CHERYL!" That made me smile for the rest of my shift....he remembered my name!! :). Every time he sees me now he says " I still remember your name!" I have met so many amazing residents in the last few months! I have heard stories of war, of great accomplishments, etc... It is so hard to see some people who have accomplished AMAZING things and are now plagued with dementia and cannot remember any of it. It seems so unfair yet I know that God has a plan for everything. Now after working in this field my greatest prayer is that those close to me will never ever have to suffer with dementia. So many of the elderly people that I have met have gone through SO much yet they hardly ever complain. I admire them so much and only hope that I can learn to be as thankful as all of them are!
