I’ve been thinking for awhile about something to buy for the Mansion staff, they are unsung heroes to me, I see them working so hard and lovingly every day, they do not make much money, or get the praise they deserve.

This work is a calling, it is not for everybody, but it can be richly rewarding and emotionally challenging and physically different. These are the men and women (mostly women) who take care of our mothers, and sometimes, our fathers.

They do the hard and difficult work nobody else wants to do, and the rest of our world doesn’t like to talk about and think about. They deal with grief, dementia, loss and death almost every day.

They are truly unsung heroes. So I got these promo from a pen company that makes classy pens and will engrave them any way the customer wants. So I bought 50 of them and had them engraved: “Unsung Heroes Of The Mansion: Thank You.”

They are always desperate for pens, so this might be useful as well as fun for them I hope so. I hope it reminds them that they are appreciated. If the world could see them  work almost every day as I do, they would be paid what they are worth.

At the suggestion of a reader, I’d love to get each member of the staff a gift card of some kind for Christmas. I’ll be in touch about that.