I learned more about a patient of mine today when she started to tell me about her passion in her work, a job she retired from a long while back.  She related to me stories of her career as a counselor in high school.  She touched young people’s lives in profound ways, some to the extent that they stiil visit her on special holidays.  As she shared with me the memories of how her work fulfilled her in her youth, I could see the sparkle in her eyes even through her pain.    She still has the desire to help the youth and I feel compelled to find a way for her to have this chance. The daily reward of home care is helping people find their purpose, their sparkle.