Archive | October 2022

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Free Fine Arts

The Fine Arts Center in the city has 2 free days each month. We wrote it on the calendar and talked about it this morning. My mom has not been feeling real well lately and didn’t really want to go. But after doing some exercises and getting dressed, she decided it would be good to […]

Hero of the Day

This morning when I got my mom’s hearing aid out of the charger, I noticed that the dome – the rubber tip that goes into her ear – was missing. I looked around for a bit and didn’t find it, so didn’t worry too much about it. By this afternoon, mom was struggling even more […]

New Techniques

We had a physical therapist come work with my mom today. When she was here the other day, she showed us a new way of using the bathroom. Today, she showed my mom a new way of standing up and sitting down. It was all in the placement of her hands and it was so […]

Jesus is Everywhere

My mom had a therapist come over today to try to help her with daily activities and movement. She saw a picture of Jesus that was in my mom’s room. She told me about a Mercy Me concert that she took her daughter to last night. They were introducing their new album “Always Only Jesus”. […]

Made the Visit

With her daughter’s encouragement, my mom’s friend had minor surgery to lift her eyelids last week so she could see better. The surgery went very well, but it left her with some bruises around her eyes. She called yesterday and wondered if she should still come over since she looked like Boris Karloff. She didn’t […]

The Gardens in Fall

Yesterday I went to visit my sister and her husband. It was a beautiful Fall day, so my sister and I went to the Botanical Gardens. Our first stop was the orchid show. I took lots of photos of the unique orchids to show my mom. Outside, there was certainly a different kind of beauty […]

Look to the Littles

A friend of mine is a teacher. She said she has been having a very difficult year so far and has been very stressed out. However, her day was brightened today with a couple of unexpected interactions with some of the kids. She was reminded to just look to the littles for happiness. I Found […]

Excited For Help

When we last visited my mom’s new primary care physician, she recommended a few sessions of in home therapies. The provider came today to assess mom and see how they could best help her. She was super nice, observant, patient, caring, and knowledgeable. My mom played the piano for her and she was very impressed. […]

New Friend

This was the 2nd week I attended a grief support group at my church. As I was going in, I met up with another participant and her mother, so I chatted with them as we walked to the room. We got to know people a little bit better as we were talking about our circumstances […]

Peaceful Cabin Trip

The last time we went to the cabin, my mom was having a very difficult time getting into the bathroom. She’s a little more unstable than she was and the walk through doorways are super small, so her walker wouldn’t fit through. Determined to resolve the issue, I found a smaller, lighter, 3-wheeled walker online […]