The job I had for a long time was in a hospital. Being a lifelong blood donor, already being in a hospital made donating much easier. For most of my donating career, I gave whole blood, but I switched to platelets some years ago. You're able to donate platelets much more frequently than whole blood and can donate up to 24 times in a year. The people in the donor center are like a family within a family and I missed that feeling after I left. So, even though it had been emotionally hard for me at first, I decided to keep going.
I had made it a point to talk to the "little" people when I was working - housekeeping, maintenance, security guards, cashiers. When I donated yesterday, I had to sign in and get a visitor's badge and had a chance to talk with the security guard. It was wonderful. She asked how I was doing and we chatted a little. Nothing profound, but it was a connection.
Over the years everyone had become bu sier at work and it wasn't always possible to see people as often as I had before. Some have said that they haven't seen me much, not knowing I don't work there anymore. But they are all so glad to see me. I realize that I really did make friends. Is it leaving a legacy? I do know that this has been an outstanding example of how doing the right thing has rewards. So I'm going to keep on doing it.
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