Lemon Meringue Pie & A Pychotherapist

R.I.P Robin Williams You were and are loved my many threw your laughter, kindness in community and spirit. My heart goes out to your family and closest friends. Laura Gold The title of my blog was a very heartwarming tweet today, on the news of the death of Robin Williams.  I grew up with Robin in my home all my life and always wanted to meet him. It was a cold winter in Vancouver,  I think around 2006, the stores downtown were open very late, maybe 24 hrs. I was working as a manager for Biotherm in cosmetics and also relief for the floor manager, we received a call- a odd call that Robin Williams would like to have a personal shopper for the evening and would be arriving at 11pm. The Robin I saw was almost unrecognizable, and looked something like the picture below. However his cloths were casual. Robin came in slightly disheveled and I met him at the door. quiet and shy at first nothing much was said, he looked stressed. I asked what he ha...

A well minded senior citizen shit her pants today,  the poop was completely up her white polyester pants,  the senior, panting and crying, struggling with her walker to rush into a washroom outside of Target US today. I was in the stall next. I was with two long term friends, and I heard my one friends voice crack, as she said " are you ok? Please let me help you", I quickly came out of the stall to talk to the women and told her I worked in residential care. I asked if she minded if I cleaned her up a bit.  "Shirley said, Please help me" The janitor was keen to give me some gloves, and I was able to quickly  undress and clean up miss Shirley and wash her soiled cloths with Shirley's Diva 70 something year old friend, with only one eye, was standing by telling us just a few things.  Ms Shirley recently had a hip replacement and several other aliments, including cancer, Shirley had almost no control of her muscles left in her legs, or bowels for that matt...