Good Day for a Change!

1-15-2020

Mom was kind of slow and confused all day yesterday, sleeping a lot and not eating much but today... oh my goodness! She was hungry and pretty alert all day today, whenever she was awake. She still slept a lot but woke up making sense each time.

She even got to giggling telling me a story about an antique family heirloom dish that they thought was supposed to be valuable and how Dad and Mom went to have it appraised. They found out it was only worth $28! No one is sure how the story of it's great worth got started but she chuckled telling me the story of how it's not-so-great value was discovered. It was really good to hear her tell me other things today too, that sounded just like my Mom. She even jokingly called me "orie orie" which was the name I called myself when I was little.

So finally... I have some fun good-newsy things to tell!

Sara and the kids stopped over for a quick visit and Lyn popped in for a short visit too. Both of them had to wake Mom to tell her hello but she responded well to them.

I have a dear friend coming to stay with Mom on Friday, for a few hours, so that Lyn and I can go to Mom's apartment to start to sort and box up her things. She doesn't need anything up there anymore. The few clothes she has with her here are plenty. She prefers wearing just her pajamas these days anyhow.

Like everything dealing with Mom's impending death, I waver between relief of getting everything squared away, all while grieving tearfully with each step towards her absence from me. Emotions are strange things....  Some days I am strong and others, well, not so much.

All in all, it was a good day. One of the better ones for sure and I hope for a repeat tomorrow.

I will write more again soon.

Laurie