Ballroom Dancer

I volunteered at St. James Place for two hours and it was so interesting. I spent most of my time playing dominoes with Dona Jacobs, a former ballroom dancer who was married to a veterinarian in the Air Force. After the first hour two other volunteers joined us and it became a whole party.

Ms. Dona beat me seven times in dominoes and I only won once. She has a strong sense of humor. She kept me laughing the whole time. She told me about the year she spent living in Iceland because her husband was stationed there and all of the states she has been to when she was younger. What caught my attention was how she wouldn’t stop talking about a special nurse that goes out of her way to make the seniors decorations for every holiday. I can’t remember her name but Ms. Dona was just gushing over this nurse; she said she was the best nurse to have a conversation with and bond with. That made me realize that Ms. Dona really appreciates a good, interesting conversation and I have to do better at providing that for her. Since this was my first hour with Ms. Dona we were both kind of feeling each other out to see if we liked each other. But all it took was 5 minutes get comfortable with each other and talk. However, for next time, I am going to have more questions, and be more talkative with Ms. Dona, because I can tell that she wants someones to talk to and tell stories to.