{"id":3726,"date":"2016-11-02T11:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2016-11-02T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:28:13","slug":"a-letter-meant-for-you-our-dear-friends-and-supporters-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/a-letter-meant-for-you-our-dear-friends-and-supporters-17\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter Meant for You, Our Dear Friends and Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following was written by a trained volunteer in Ezer Mizion\u2019s new program for the elderly designed to bring out the golden-ager from a pit of depression back into his world of family and friends.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"pr<\/a>Dear Ezer Mizion Staff,<\/p>\n

How are you? I just wanted to share what happened last week with my sessions with the elderly. You really trained me well. You\u2019ll see in a minute why I say that.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, I woke up with strong leg pains. I called Mrs. G.\u2019s attendant, intending to cancel my session for that day. As soon as I told her that I was Nechama from Ezer Mizion, she didn\u2019t let me say another thing. She burst in, s\"pr<\/a>aying enthusiastically, \u201cWe\u2019re waiting for you!\u201d I was so moved that I couldn\u2019t refuse her. I told her that I would be late, but she didn\u2019t care when I would come, as long as I would come. I came to them literally limping and in pain. It was such an emotional session. The non-Jewish attendant told me, \u201cPlease come again. We are waiting for you. It\u2019s very important to her to pray. I can\u2019t do it with her.\u201d It\u2019s a fact: When I davened aloud, she was alert for almost three quarters of an hour. She opened her eyes wide, as if she understood every word I was saying and as if she was reminded of things she once knew. I left happily, after we danced and sang songs about the coming of Mashiach. It seems to me that the attendant was also touched. She said, \u201cWe\u2019re waiting to see you next week!\u201d<\/p>\n

From there, I went to Mrs. S. Her daughter was so excited to see me. \u201cYou cannot imagine how much Imma waits for you. She talks about it all day.\u201d The daughter said that \"Memory%20Colors%20Game\"<\/a>suddenly, she is a lot more motivated and willing to do things she hasn\u2019t done for years. I gave her a page of symmetric shapes to color in and she did it with great effort. I reflected her feelings that she doesn\u2019t feel like working and isn\u2019t in the mood because of her aches and pains and general ill health.<\/p>\n

After I gave her the chance to talk about what was really bothering her, I took out the Memory game I had borrowed from Ezer Mizion\u2019s Game Lending Library. At first she looked askance at it, without interest, as if to say, \u201cWhat do I have to do with such a game?\u201d Slowly, but surely, I brought her to a point where she really enjoyed it and cooperated. Her daughter sat in the next room, and couldn\u2019t believe what she saw.<\/p>\n

When I finished playing with her, I gave her a hoop with a ball, and again, she at first did not want it. I told her we would play with her daughter. I held the loop, and she and her daughter played with the ball for a few minutes, and there was lots of laughter and joy. My grandchildren came to her, and she blessed them and showed interest, and it was really fun for her and the children.<\/p>\n

After the whole long story that I wrote, I almost forgot the \u201ccherry on top\u201d \u2013 that the pain in my leg disappeared as if it had never been\u2026 apparently in the merit of my sessions that I had planned to cancel.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Nechama<\/p>\n

Ezer Mizion provides services to over 660,000 of Israel\u2019s population annually in addition to its Bone Marrow Registry which saves the lives of Jewish cancer patients the world over.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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