Sunshine "Peeps"

Today is one of my favorite days, I am massaging my Sunshine "Peeps"! I have five clients coming in throughout the day and they are such a joy to work with. Each one of them lives in a residential facility for individuals with developmental disabilities. They love having massages and they will have me laughing and smiling all day. I have one women who sings praise songs and hymns while I am massaging her. Another women whips off her wig and throws it across the room and grabs my hands and kisses them. I have one man who loves Kleenex and I must limit him to only two maybe three per visit otherwise he would never get on the table and my box would be emptied! There is no bullshit with these individuals either they like you or they don't, either they are in a bad mood or they are not, they do not pretend. I love them for this!

Two years ago when I started working on my peeps I honestly did not know if I could do this work, I had never been around individuals with developmental disabilities and when I came in contact with them at restaurants or the mall they made me uncomfortable. Yet, I though I would give it a shot, so here I am two years later telling you how they will make my day. I have learned so much about myself and the healing of massage through them. Many of these individuals have been abused at some point in their lives or are covered in scars from surgeries yet they still want to trust and be touched. It is my honor and privilege to be the one that they trust.