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These are the pictures that I took during my part time job as a caregiver of an elderly lady. This woman was almost eighty and was bound to a wheelchair.
However she was a very sharp and opinated old lady. My job was to drive her in her wheelchair outside to spend some time outside with outside in the sunshine.
She had the talent to pick the best spots with lots of sunshine. This lady was confined to her home for the whole autumn and winter-because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Than there were lockdown. Her former caregiver, the one I replaced, has contracted Corona virus and died. I was vaccinated three times
and I felt it was my duty to provide service to those who were hurt most severely during the outbreak-the elderly people
Working as a caregiver brought me very little money.
The job pays only a few hours.
Everyday I would ride the bus,
at a 09:00AM & drive this dear lady
to sit outside at the park.
The joy she felt out of something quite ordinary as sitting
at the park felt very rewarding to me.
My job didn’t last long.
After a month
I had an accident and I injured my hand.
I could no longer
drive the wheelchair
or my stitches would crack.
In my absence,
“Queen Sunshine” took a liking
in my replacement
. She liked the other caregiver
than agency sent better than she liked me.
But I did learn a lot from listening to her speak.
#Lady_Sunshine immigration story
She was born at Morocco
& immigrated to Israel
at a very young age.
Her family was
placed in temporary housing
for new coming immigrants.
She was
discriminated against
,twice
both as a woman
and as an
immigrant from
the “Orient”.
She spoke
fluent French and Arabic
yet people treated her
as if she was a savage,
one time
even
violating her privacy
at the shower
when an immigrant
from Poland stared,
at her naked body
at the showers to see
if oriental Jews have
the same bodies
as occidental Jews.
Many decades later
she didn’t forget or forgive.
She told me her story
about racism and discrimination
against Moroccan Jews in Israel
during the fiftees
and I respect that
