His smile and dimentia

I think Brendan has found his calling.  He started working at Masonic home and hospital as a dishwasher.  Now they have moved and trained him to be a server in the dementia ward.  He really likes it.  He has had 3 or 4 women tell him he has a beautiful smile.  He had a visitor come up to him and tell him that his parents (who are both residents there) talk about Brendan all the time and they love him.  He tells stories of the patients and how he talks to them, smiling and laughing as he tells them.

I truly think he has found his calling.  There are not many 18 year olds who can feel comfortable with the elderly, and especially dementia (there aren't many adults who can do that either).  He is floundering about his future and I told him go with his strengths...people are his strength.  He doesn't have a career yet, but he is already making a difference in people's lives.  His friendly, calm caring manner reminds me of some people I know...his father, my mother and my father.....

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