You can easily picture an older woman with grey hair, a little messy from sleep, cradling her long haired black cat sitting smiling in front of a brightly decorated Christmas tree, wearing her equally bright Christmas pj's.
Another image harder to imagine because it is so painful: an older woman, disheveled, confused, agitated, and fearful, homeless needing an ambulance because she is found to be in distress in a super market parking lot.
I have described the same person now compared to a year ago. We had a Maintain Me 'Moment of Joy' when seeing her picture in a recent Holiday News Letter from the Assisted Living that her friend and POA helped pick out because she was not able to do so from the hospital.
This moment of joy, of a life saved from sure destruction, would not have been possible without a lot of people coming together. It took both the efforts of Chelsea and myself to help this client. It was not all rainbows, that's for sure. The assisted living had to take a chance, the client had to be willing to trust which was a big issue for most of her life because of trauma after trauma, and we had to be willing to take on a case that we weren't sure of the outcome. Did we have the resources to help her? We were willing to try...
We loved seeing a smiling, happy version of our client this Christmas, what a relief to know she was safe, and cared for. These small updates keep us going when things are really hard. And we all know last year's miracles exist out there, if you are looking for them!
Morgan Leigh Jenkins, MA
Transition Director
Phone: (303) 847-6861
Morgan@maintain-me.com