Message from elopez

[Anonymous]

Visiting the nursing home struck a personal cord for me. First, we had an informative conversation with the personnel on how much State funding they received on a yearly basis to run the facilities. Afterwards, we took a tour of the home and stopped to sit with the elderly to give gifts we had brought. Recently I lost my grandmother, who had lived at my house for 14 years, I didn’t think I would have had such a difficult time at the nursing home but I did. The smile on each individual that either received a gift or waved at us almost brought me to tears. I’m thankful I had this experience, although, it was not easy I almost feel I was able to exhale out much of the inner-sadness of losing my abuelita (grandmother). Thank you Clay and the Freeman Foundation for making this visit part of the itinerary on this trip.
edited by elopez on 10/13/2012