Showing My Appreciation

My step dad was in the VA hospital for a very long time. My mother and I went there every day for weeks to visit him and got to know many of the nurses during his stay. During this time, I came to know many of the nurses by name as well as the various doctors who came in and out every day.

After the first month, and it was determined he would be there for at least another two or three weeks, I decided to make up a basket to show my appreciation to the staff at the hospital. Since I worked in an environment with nurses myself, I knew what they liked and made a huge basket filled with snack bags of cookies, candy, gum, k-cups and other various snacks that they would be able to grab on the go.

We brought the basket in the following week and the staff loved it and all thanked me every time they saw me.

After the care they gave my step-father, it was the least I could do to show my appreciation. – Simone 🙂