Hook Home Help helps with some gardening and sowing small seeds of positivity

This day was all about raking. Raking is not usually a life changing activity but I have one client who lives in a bungalow surrounded by grass that gets quite long before it gets cut by the housing association. The cut grass is left to dry and drift about in the wind. This probably wouldn’t usually be a problem but she finds that if she leaves either front or back door open, the grass drifts in and for someone with mobility issues, this can be hard to sort out and makes the difference between being able to open the doors for some fresh air and interaction with the neighbours, or not.

So one sunny day I set to work to clear up all the grass so that it wouldn’t happen again. It was harder work than I thought but during the time I was out there I met several neighbours who all stopped for a chat, and it was rewarding to see the difference it made. 

My lady who lives here has been very hesitant to leave the house since the onset of Covid and rarely ventures out but she came out to talk to me while I raked. She stood in the sunshine for the first time in ages and was delighted with what I had done and what it would mean to her. 

Being more able to leave her door open makes it more possible for her to go out and spend some time in her little garden. She was happily making plans for future garden projects as I left and took all the cut grass with me. 

As she waved me off she was standing in the sunshine, beaming with happiness. Small things can make a big difference to anyone’s life, and I am very happy to be able to help with that.