Vocation

1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.

2. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.

3. a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.

4. a function or station in life to which one is called by God

After the haircut

...an occupation, calling, impulse, inclination, function, station in life...

Never have I been so confident of my vocation as I am at this (late) stage of my life.  Temporary though it may be, it consists of time spent with my mother in the care center in which she resides.  Four to five days a week.  Usually from about 2:00 in the afternoon through dinner time.  This past week our time together included cutting her hair (a bit out of my comfort zone),  slow wheeled "walks" through the corridors, playing the organ ("My Grandfather's Clock" is one of my current favorites), watching 30 minutes or so of HGTV together, and passing time whispering nonsensically back and forth.  My husband, recently retired, frequently accompanies me.  On those days, we begin the afternoon playing dominoes with my father who eats the noon meal with her.  Then the men often wander to the pool table in an adjacent building.  Usually those days find us going out to eat with my father or sharing dinner at his table followed by a card game or two. 

I am happy and blessed in this vocation.

What is YOURS?

March 5, 2015