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I used to look after a customer who
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lived in the tor vine area she was quite
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a poorly lady she suffered with COPD
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which are quite bad she her husband was
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also quite an ill gentleman and she had
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family but they were full-time and her
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daughter were two women they come home
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on a Friday and it was around the
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Christmas sort of time when she was
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wanted me to take her out into the
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community to do some Christmas shopping
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she hadn't been out for a long long time
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and she wants to go and buy her
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grandchildren Christmas presents but
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they it had to be for me personally so I
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arranged for her mobility scooter to be
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put on charge and made sure it was all
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up and running and because she was on
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oxygen 24/7 how to arrange for somebody
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to bring a small canister of oxygen so
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that we were able to take it out with
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her while she was out in the community
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so I picked her up of any evening and we
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went to come brown shopping with all the
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Christmas lights and she done lots of
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shopping for her grandchildren they were
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you know 16 17 but it was irrelevant to
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her it was the fact that she was able to
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get out and do and buy personal items
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for those children and we don't quite a
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bit of shopping we had a whale of a time
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it was really emotional but it was fun
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as well went to Starbucks that she does
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something where she's never been before
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I had coffee and we had cake just
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general chitchat about anything and
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everything and it was it was just a Me's
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and it was lovely to see her have a
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smile on her face which is not very
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often but it was very emotional for me
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as well it was lovely to see and think
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that I've given somebody a wish that
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they wanted to do but you know that they
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couldn't achieve that without some sort
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of help
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she sadly passed away a couple of months
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after that so I think for me and it was
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something that I will always look back
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on every time I Drive past her home I
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think about it is very fresh in my mind
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although it was several years ago and it
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has been sadly passed away but I think
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for her she probably knew it was her
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last Christmas and it was something that
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she act to achieve to be able again
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and about in the community so yeah
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beautiful
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- lovely lady
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you