Service Reflection

The woman that my group had worked for on Friday, was Josephine. She was a kind old lady who lived alone with her Scottish Terrier. Earlier, before the day of service, I had heard a story about how worried and unsure she was with her garden. She has no idea what to do with it, and for an old woman living on her own, gardening is not an easy task. My group's goal was to truly work to the fullest to truly help this lady out with her yard. By the time we got there, there were cut up branches from trees completely covering her grass, weeds and mushrooms growing everywhere, and also ivy. First, Kara Taylor, my partner, and I cleaned her windows and glass doors with Windex. Then, once we had finished cleaning, we moved a pile of chopped up firewood to her storage. Afterwards, we started picking out all the weeds popping out. While doing this, I came across a whole bunch of spiders. I was very disgusted and terrified because I absolutely despise bugs, insects, spiders, and anything that is small and crawls, but I ignored them and went about my business. As for the cut up pieces of wood covering her yard, everyone helped put all the pieces into large Ace Hardware paper bags. We filled 12 bags and two wheel barrows to completely clean her yard. I remember her first reaction when she had saw the difference. Her eyes got big and she was so surprised that she said, "Oh my goodness! I can see the grass!" That expression truly touched me, knowing that just a few hours of working truly made another person, other than myself, very grateful.