Bertania Elderly Home Visit Reflection

    When the date of going home for Spring Festival is approaching soon, it is so hard for us to be dedicated to academic and team activities. Every day, I can see many students go to the airport with their heavy packages. Everyone has warm smiles and greet each other with a sweet " Happy New Year!" But today, the time when I stepped into the gate of the elderly home. My heart is not that happy and excited anymore. That does not mean that the event is not cheerful. Indeed, those exercises, gifts and songs are well prepared. I was just so sad to see some many aged people there living lonely without their family while we have a chance to stay with our family to watch the show and have a big dinner together. 
    Some of them are not able to hear us. Some of them are not be able to talk. Some of them have children who would visit them and take them out for dinner sometimes while some of them has been staying in this place for 30 years without a home to go. Esther and I chatted with a 73 years old man who were sitting in the wheelchair. He is such a nice gentleman who would like to talk about himself. Although he explained to us that he can't live with their sons because there is not lift in their apartment, I still see the disappointment in his eyes. When we tried to talk to another two aged man sitting besides him, he told us they can't hear us. And he is that nice and he even say "Hello" to Gui to show his welcome to us. The whole event went well with all people clapped their hands and even sang with us. 
   I believe that the elderly people home has organized lots of events for them. I also believe that they can eat and sleep well here. There is one thing I am not quite sure is that whether they are always as happy as today when they see us. I will never forget that their eyes are lit up when they saw us playing with them. At that second, I finally understand that why my grandmother is so happy that she hold my hands tightly and doesn't want me to leave her every time I visit her. 
   Compared to the experience of visiting the orphanage home, the elderly people home made the feeling of being responsible for the society stronger. Those children are growing up while these aged people are becoming older. In the future, those children will enjoy the life and the beautiful world while these aged people will be far away from this colorful world gradually. When we were ready to go, there was an aged man asked me what would be the next time for the visiting. I said maybe next week even though I knew that I could not make it next week. The reason that I made such a promise because I don't want let them down for such a group of kind aged people. They suppose to  be stay with their family. They suppose to hear the song from their grandchildren instead of us. 
    I am sorry that I made the article became a quite serious one. However, this event reminds me again that H&E is an organization we must run since we need more young people to join us. Spread the hope and happiness for those elderly man. Really appreciate my classmates who bought those gifts and organized the whole events. It is memorable and meaningful to everyone!