First days at Hope Lodge

So yesterday was my second time going to the Hope lodge, and I'm still loving it! Throughout the day I do some secretary and cleaning type of work: answering the phone, checking if the dishes are unloaded in the kitchen, filing, etc. But while I do all that I get to interact with the patients that live there. They are usually glad to have someone to talk to, someone to tell what they're going through, or even someone to help them not think about what they're going through. I'm still getting settled in all my duties, but I'm really looking forward to the day when I know their names and they know mine. It's been really interesting to see the family members who come to stay with the patients. They're mostly the husband/wife, and they've devoted their entire time there to their spouse and to taking care of them. You can tell how tired they are, but they never seem to give up.