A SPECIAL MOM: Cecelia Robinson has earned the nickname, ‘Mom,’ during her two decades of showing motherly love to homeless residents at St. John’s Hospice. ❤️
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how you doing honeyy pretty good you
good good have a seat what's new I
believe everybody need to be loved and
care for whether I know them or don't or
not whether they're homeless or not oh
yeah oh yeah if I was homeless I would
still want somebody to love me you're
like my sons and my kids right and I'm
going to miss you I miss you
already my name is Cecilia Robinson my
job here at St John hospice is
housekeeping I am 80 years old I've been
employed here it's going on 22
years St John hospit is the place
homeless people can come so many
homeless men they can come here and live
and then they have clothing downstairs
they give them showers and all you might
be here like for 6 months and then after
that you complete the program get your
housing the guys have chores to do what
chores they don't do I do communicate
with them make sure they're okay
whatever they need personal needs they
get
them when they get used to me seeing me
they call me
Mom my son worked here and he died of a
massive heart attack my daughter Rita
died 43 years old with cervical cancer I
think about them all the time I miss
them but I have others how you want your
coffee baby cream and sugar cream and
sugar yes she's been like a mother
figure to all of us especially me coming
baby she gave that mother
nurturing to keep everybody kind of in
line we all need that it definitely get
greater later the Good Shepherd program
at St John's hospice is for men that are
medically fragile Good Shepherd provided
me with a safe haven a room and board uh
food all the things that I would need on
a daily basis to kind of stabilize my
life and myself I was able to go to
school
I moved out I'm into my apartment now
life is great you you did that you did
you did it very gracefully too
appreciate that even when I retired I'll
still come around and maybe the Lord's
not done with me yet I feel as though
I'm my job is not completed yet until
then I'll be around I'll see you later
okay okay yes not too long all right
