The other day I was sitting at my desk trying to figure out one of the programs I have to work with, and one of the student volunteers walked in. He kept saying "ma'am" like he was trying to get someone's attention. Finally I turned around to see who was ignoring him. It was me... I was ignoring him. I don't think I have ever been called ma'am before. Most people act like I am still so young, so I was NOT prepared for it. I burst out laughing which caught him off guard, but I helped him after. It pretty much made my day.
As I was meeting all of my volunteers I had two come up to me and tell me how beautiful I was. One told me how pretty my smile was and that she knew I would go far in life because I beautiful smile can get you anywhere. The other came and asked if she could hug me. Being told you're pretty is always nice, and these two ladies were so sweet!
One day I was walking into the hospital from the parking garage, and I got on the elevator with a dad and his little kiddo going to visit a sibling. The little one started talking to me about all of the cool things they put in the elevator shaft for kids to find. Then in the skybridge this kiddo would run all around me, up ahead of me, turn around and stop. They would smile and then tell me something about themself or their sibling before repeating the process until we had to go separate ways. The dad apologized more than once, and I got to tell him that was really part of the fun of working here. The kids always keep you on your toes!
As I was meeting all of my volunteers I had two come up to me and tell me how beautiful I was. One told me how pretty my smile was and that she knew I would go far in life because I beautiful smile can get you anywhere. The other came and asked if she could hug me. Being told you're pretty is always nice, and these two ladies were so sweet!
One day I was walking into the hospital from the parking garage, and I got on the elevator with a dad and his little kiddo going to visit a sibling. The little one started talking to me about all of the cool things they put in the elevator shaft for kids to find. Then in the skybridge this kiddo would run all around me, up ahead of me, turn around and stop. They would smile and then tell me something about themself or their sibling before repeating the process until we had to go separate ways. The dad apologized more than once, and I got to tell him that was really part of the fun of working here. The kids always keep you on your toes!
Another day I was walking around the hospital, and I was thinking about how much I missed working with the patients. I miss my kiddos and their bright smiles and laughs. I was thinking how I love my job, but that is really the one thing that I just can't be without. I was walking up the stairs in the butterfly atrium (my favorite spot in the entire hospital), and two little kids were walking down to get to the popcorn machine. One was really young and struggling down the stairs on their own. They reached out to me. I smiled, took their chubby hand in mine and helped them down the rest of the stairs. When I got back up the stairs I saw the mom. I could tell she was tired, but she hugged me and said thank you. I just told her that her little one had made my day. That was definitely one of my tender mercy moments for the day, and that special moment made me the happiest girl in the hospital!
