Love is Louder: Dedicated to the Dying

Love is Louder: Dedicated to the Dying

I won’t let go even when you do. I’ll hold you in spirit and I’ll honor your memory as long as I can honor my own.

If you do not have the patience or personality to be a nurse, you don’t need to be doing the job. A lot of people I work with are going to die there and they know it. They are bitter & sad. They are lonely & they feel like no one cares about them. I’ve witnessed some messed up factors to nursing.

In a former facility, someone was yelled at because he had a nose bleed so bad it was all over his face. I cried for hours when I got home. I would never treat a resident like that. They need someone kind and willing to help them without resenting the job or always wishing they weren’t there. I got punched two nights ago and swore at & I kept plugging.

I didn’t take it personally. I asked if she needed anymore help and she said I don’t want a bleeping thing from you, you son of a btch. Then, moments later, she asked all 3 of us that were in her room if she was behaving badly. She doesn’t know what she’s doing. She’s extremely mentally ill. Someone told me tonight that that is very big of me. I know what it’s like to be mentally ill and have no control over my brain, even when I’m on my meds. She’s not behaving badly deliberately. She doesn’t know who she is or where she is & she hates it.

There are a lot of women that bully each other in that dept. Its like high school for older people that can’t take care of themselves and we have to step up even if it’s the last thing we wanna do. How would we feel if we were ignored, rejected, bullied and lived somewhere apart from our families and everything that was once a part of our lives is suddenly taken away?

How would we feel if someone was angry with us because we need help and they don’t feel like doing their job or they try to break the rules or cut corners? Some people just aren’t compatible with others but the majority of the time, it just depends on their attitude towards their tasks.

It’s a nightmare for some of these people to ask for help. It’s a nightmare for some of them to even get out of bed. I’ve seen all sorts in the last month. It’s shocking, sometimes reviling, and always a test of character but it’s also rewarding if you can see that side of it. At the end of the day, you get to say that you helped someone who truly cannot help themselves. That is true, unconditional love, compassion and empathy. That is what Jesus would do.

So lead with love even when the hate is stronger because it won’t be for much longer. Love is the most powerful force there is and will ever be. “Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect.” Love is louder than the deepest seed of hate. Love is louder than the pain that will die in vain even if it’s at the very last minute. God is never late.

©️S.G. Herring 2022. All Rights Reserved.

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