Hook Home Help has come a long way in a year
Hook Home Help has come a long way in a year. This time last year I was launching the business and looking for new clients. Over the past 12 months I have met so many wonderful people whose stories have become part of my story. Now it is time to expand the team.
Over the past year I have heard about long lives well lived. I have shed tears with people as they shared their losses, and have laughed until I cried on other occasions. I love to hear stories of babies born only to remember that those babies are now older than me.
Sadly I have lost a couple along the way, some to residential care and one most sadly to cancer. I have such fond memories of them all and will never forget the lessons that they taught me about, family, friendship and life in general. Some families I have stayed in touch with and some were friends before they were clients. In all these ways the Hook Home Help family has flourished and grown over the past year.
Inevitably I have run out of hours in the day and the exciting news is that one special lady has come on board to help me out. Tracy is an experienced carer and cleaner and just such a lovely lady who I have known for a good few years now, since our children introduced us and told us that we share the same birthday.
The question is - do I know anyone else who would like to help out? Do I have any local friends who would like a few hours doing this sort of work, or do my friends know anyone who would like to be part of this? Given the nature of the work it would be my dream to work with people who I know or someone who has been recommended by someone I know. Please get in touch if you would like to have a chat or find out more.
It is my dream to form a small team of reliable and caring people in Hook to look after other people in Hook. It is part time zero hours flexible work that I would have loved to do when the kids were little and now I hope to give that opportunity to other people.
In the meantime every day holds something different. Tomorrow I am riding the emotional rollercoaster of decluttering a house that contains a thousand hidden memories. What to keep and what to throw? It sounds simple but really it is - What to look over and treasure and what to let go of? Which is inevitably heart warming and heart breaking, but only made possible by some practical and emotional support. Every day is rewarding in its own way and I feel lucky to be able to do it.