FEBUARY 1st 2021:
This time last year my parents decided to come visit me at TLC children’s home after me being there for a few months. It was at this trip that I decided it would be best for me to travel home with them. My last day in Johannesburg was amazing crazy and filled with many wonderful people. I completed a 5k muddy run with thousands of other women and said goodbye to the adults and children I class as family. Little did I know life was gunna be very different when I returned back to England the following day. No one wanted to visit. It didn’t feel like I had come home I couldn’t see family and to be honest I felt lost. I didn’t know where life would take me next it was a scary and emotional time where I struggled to find the new normal. After a couple days searching the internet I found a job with a elderly care agency. This is when we went in to lockdown no 1. It was different I went from looking after tiny babies just starting out there lives with a future ahead of them to caring for vulnerable high risk clients who had already experienced most of their lives. It was great to get to know them, what they used to do and what made them happy. I loved working with every single one of my clients, they all taught me a lot about life but everyone has a time where there called to heaven and this was hard. I looked at these clients like my own grandparents, such wise people, I bonded with them, made friends made sure that the small bit of human contact they had a day was worth it. We smiled had giggles and shared many great moments. But during these moments my clients would look at me and ask what was wrong. They said when I mentioned South Africa I had a different smile. I was happier and they could tell. Many of my clients reminded me of times in there lives where they regretted not doing things. So they told me to do what made me happy even if it made them sad. I will forever cherish every moment spent with my clients and I won’t ever forget any of them.
