I'm thinking about writing a series of stories about senior living. After all, it is what I do and it is something that I love, so why not? I already have a few ideas for stories in my head. Now I just need to put the words down and start shaping them up. I do not know yet if it will be anything cohesive or just a collection of stories set in the same community. I do not think I will know that until I start writing.
One of the beautiful things about it is that I have so much material to pull from. Our communities are stocked full of all kinds of characters and experiences. I know that some of the people that I work with will be used as models. Not necessarily completely based on them, but it gives me an idea of what to use with certain characters. And the residents.....so many choices. I think that if I end up having a central character, I definitely know who I am going to base that on. But we definitely have certain types of people that group together that could be combined into one person. We have some of the stereotypes as well...the crotchety old man, the pious Bible thumper, etc.
Some of the goings on at work are just amazing. You cannot make this stuff up. Before I got into senior living, I had read several times on good authority that std's tend to be prevalent in senior living communities. Now I know why LOL That's why I thought it may be funny to refer to this as "The Old and the Restless"! But we shall see. One of the obstacles with this is that in no way do I want to be disrespectful to the people that I love. Poke fun, yes, but not disrespect. Words can be very cruel and that is not my intention with this project. We shall see. It's just a thought, but I think it's a good one.
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