WOW. IT WORKED

ON PREVIOUS BLOG UPDATE I TRIED A VIDEO OF MOM BUT WASN'T SURE IT WOULD WORK..IT DID. SO HERE IS THE VIDEO OF HER WITH HER NEW APRON!

BUT...AGAIN, IT LOADED TWICE.   SO. BACK TO THE MAC STORE!!

ANYWAY AT LEAST NOW I KNOW I CAN SEND VIDEO'S AND YOU CAN REALLY GET TO KNOW MOLLIE!!!   MOM....

AND...WATCHING THE OTHER VIDEO IT WAS OF HER GETTING HAIR DONE..NOT HER PERM..BUT SHE DID GET A PERM AFTER THAT..AND YES, SHE WAS SO GOOD. N O CONFUSION..NO TRYING TO LEAVE....

SO LESSON HERE IS...ITS NEVER THE WRONG TIME TO TAKE TIME AT THE BEAUTY SHOP!

Fall is here..to mom its just another day

well I added a video for the first time..lets see if it works...if it doesn'..well we will try next time.

i thought I added one...( new at this) but seems two...came up.

one is of her trip to the hairdresser for perm. this was about 3 months ago..doubt if we could do it now, but her hair is soooooo curly..and soft now..and grown out..she looks like a little lamb with her curls...  an amazing day..she knew she was at the beauty shop and loved it...some things never change uh?

DECORATED HER LITTLE TABLE FOR OCTOBER..SHE DOES NOTICE IT...CALLS THE TEDDY ' MY TEDDY'.  SHE STILL FEEDS HERSELF..BUT IS NOT EATING AS MUCH

SO PRETTY. THIS LONG SLEEVE IS GOOD FOR THE FALL. SO GOING THRU HER CLOTHES TO CHANGE THEM WITH THE SEASON. SHE LOVED THIS AS SOON AS I PUT IT ON HER...SHE DOES NOTICE HER CLOTHES AND HOW THEY FEEL AND SHE EVEN NOTICES CLOTHES THAT WERE HER FAVORITES LONG AGO...

LAST YEAR I GAVE AWAY ALOT OF WINTER CLOTHES BUT JUST COULDN'T PART WITH SOME OF HER FAVORITES..LUCKILY, BECAUSE...HERE SHE IS..ANOTHER SEASON AND SHE IS HERE TO ENJOY THEM.

 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS.  ITS AN APRON.  FOR BREAST CANCER. GORGEOUS. GIVEN TO HER BY HER CAREGIVER KERSTIE. KERSTIE SAW IT AND SAID OH MOLLIE WOULD LOOK SO CUTE.  WE TOOK MOVIES OF HER OPENING AND SEEING IT, AND IF THESE VIDEOS COME OUT, I WILL SHOW THAT ONE NEXT TIME.

WHAT I FIND SO AMAZING IS HOW SHE KNOWS WHEN SOMETHING IS NEW...HOW SHE LOVES FEELING GOOD IN THE CLOTHES..AND LOVES IT WHEN YOU TELL HER HOW PRETTY SHE IS.......BECAUSE....MOST DAYS SHE DOESN'T EVEN CARE...DOESN'T EVEN LOOK UP ( AS YOU WILL SEE IN SOME PICTURES)  DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU TELL HER AND .IS DOWNCAST MOST OF THE TIME...
BUT...ASK HER TO PLAY CARDS...PUT A NEW OUTFIT ON HER...OR FIX HER HAIR..AND SHE AWAKENS FROM THIS JOURNEY....

SO HERE IS THE 2ND VIDEO.SINCE THEY ARE DOWNLOADED I DONT' KNOW HOW TO SEE THEM AND THEN CANCEL THEM.   TOLD YOU I WAS NEW AT THIS.  BUT WILL FIND OUT!!!

I HAVE TAKEN SOOOOOOO MANY VIDEO'S OF HER WITH MY IPHONE.  I JUST TURN IT ON...AND ALOT OF TALKING ON THE AUDIO PART OF MY IPHONE...WHEN I HAVE TIME I WILL DOWNLOAD ALL OF THEM ONTO A CD AND DVD...AMAZING WHAT WE CAN HAVE OF OUR LOVED ONES.  WISH I HAD THIS WITH MY DAD!!!

YESTERDAY MOM DIDN'T KNOW ME.  CALLS OUT ALL THESE NAMES.  BUT KNOWS MY FACE.  SHE ALSO CALLS FOR  HER SISTER EDITH...BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL HER CHILDREN ALL OVER HER ROOM.  I WILL GET THEM..ONE BY ONE..AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW THEM. EVEN WILL TALK TO MY SISTER CAROL AND THEN SAY ' WHO WAS THAT'?  SLOWLY BUT SURELY HER MIND IS LEAVING...SOME DAYS SHE EVEN STARTS TO CRY.  I SAY WHY ARE YOU CRYING.  SHE WILL SAY I DON'T KNOW!  I THINK EVEN THO SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS IT...DEEPLY SHE UNDERSTANDS SHE IS TIRED OF ALL THIS.

THEN. THERE ARE DAYS SHE WILL BE VERY CALM AND SAY ' JUDY, HOW CAN WE END THIS...I WANT TO GO HOME'.

MOST DAYS WE DIVERT HER ATTENTION.  SHE NOW HELPS EMPTY THE SILVERWARE IN THE DISHWASHER ( IF VIDEO WORKS I WILL SEND ONE).  SHE FOLDS TOWELS...SHE STIRS THE JELLO...SHE DUSTS SMALL ITEMS...AND SHE DOES HER FOOT EXERCISES.  WE ORCHESTRATE ALL THIS...JUST TO KEEP HER MIND BUSY...A BUSY MIND IS A QUIET MIND...BUT IT TAKES ALOT OF TIME...ATTENTION...AND SHE WOULD NOT GET THIS ONE/ONE  IN A HOME......

I FEEL EVERY SINGLE CAREGIVER WILL ALWAYS HAVE MOLLIE LOOKING OUT FOR THEM WHEN SHE IS GONE...RANDA AND LOIS HAVE BEEN WITH HER FOR A YEAR..OR MORE...THEY LOVE HER.  LOIS TOOK CARE OF HER MOM UNTIL SHE DIED 4 YEARS AGO..THEY TREAT HER LIKE THEIR OWN.

SO UNTIL NEXT TIME...IF YOU ARE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE...REMEMBER YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT...THERE WILL BE MANY DOORS OPEN TO YOU WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THESE CONFUSED BUT LOVING..HOURS!

AUGUST ...NOW ITS OCTOBER 24, MANY CHANGES

LOTS HAS HAPPENED TO MOM SINCE AUGUST.  THIS IS HER READING ( LOOKING) AT ONE OF HER BIRTHDAY CARDS..FROM KENNY AND CAROLYN.  SHE DOESN'T REALLY EVEN UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE..BUT..THEN WHEN YOU ASK HER THE NAMES OF HER CHILDREN...SHE NAMES THEM ALL IN ORDER.

 HER 96 BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS GREAT. WENT TO A RESTAURANT. AT 6PM THAT NIGHT WHEN I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED MORE CAKE..SHE SAID WHAT WAS THE CAKE FOR.  ?  MY BIRTHDAY? WELL HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE WITHOUT ME???

SO 3 HOURS IN A RESTAURANT, BALLOONS, FAMILY..GONE.

MY SADILITY GROUP AT CHURCH CELEBRATES OCTOBER AS THE MONTH OF OUR MOTHER THE VIRGIN MARY..AND WE GET TO BRING HOME THE BLESSED STATUE FOR ONE NIGHT...SO I PUT IT IN MOMS ROOM BY HER BED.  IT WAS ABOUT 9PM SO MOM IS JUST ABOUT ASLEEP BUT WE SAID THE ROSARY ANYWAY.  GREAT MEMORY ( FOR ME)! 

 MOM IS SITTING AT HER TABLE.  ITS DECORATED FOR HALLOWEEN, WITH HER PUMPKIN, HER WITCH PLACEMAT AND HER PUMPKIN TEDDY..SOME OF WHICH SHE REMEMBERS IS HERS.  THERE ARE TIMES I PICK UP THE ITEMS TO WASH THE PLACEMAT AND SHE WILL SAY ' HEY THOSE ARE MINE'.  AMAZING.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ITS MORNING AND SHE LOOKS HALF AWAKE, BUT LATELY THATS ABOUT THE MOST SHE OPENS HER EYES.  SHE TALKS..SHE IS VERY SWEET IN THE MORNING..SAYING GOOD MORNING BUT...SHE SEEMS IN A DAZE..TIRED...JUST NOT REALLY UP FOR THE DAY!!

SHE WILL TELL YOU ' I DO THE SAME THING EVERY DAY.NOTHING.'.  I SAY NO, YOU PLAYED CARDS TODAY, WENT FOR A WALK IN YOUR WHEELCHAIR, HELPED UNLOAD THE DISHWASHER'.  SHE SAYS I DID???  THEN THERE ARE DAYS WHEN YOU SAY WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY AND SHE WILL SAY ' I WENT TO CHICAGO..AND THEN DROVE ALL THE WAY HOME..SO I AM TIRED'.

EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.

TODAY IS OCTOBER 24TH.   THE HOSPICE GIRL, CASSY  COMES AND BATHS HER AND PUT A RIBBON IN HER HAIR AND THIS PRETTY WHITE GOWN ON..SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE GIRL GOING TO A PARTY..SO I TOLD HER SO!!!

BUT TODAY IS A BAD DAY...NOT UP 2 HOURS AND WANTS TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS...AND " WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ME"..SO MUCH ANXIETY....MOM JUST DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON...I KEEP TELLING HER SHE IS HERE WITH ME AND SHE SAYS ' OH I AM SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT'.  BUT 15 MINUTES LATER..SHE FORGETS...HER DEMENTIA IS WORSE THEN EVER....

THE BEST PART OF THE DAY IS THE EVENING...FOR WHATEVER REASON..SHE KNOWS ME..KNOWS SHE IS IN HER ROOM...BUT SHE IS CONFUSED AS TO WHERE SHE HAS BEEN ALL DAY... ' JUDY SO NICE OF YOU TO DROP BY'.  NO MOM, I LIVE HERE WITH YOU...

THIS IS A LONG SAD JOURNEY.  MOM IS GETTING SO BAD.  SHE HARDLY PARTICIPATES IN THE DAY AS SHE USED TO..DOES ONLY WHAT WE MAKE HER DO..EMPTY DISHWASHER SILVERWARE..COUNTS THE PLACES WHERE A SPOON GOES, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP HER BUSY LIKE THIS..I DON'T WANT HER JUST SITTING HERE ALL DAY...

I HAVE ONE CAREGIVER WHO PURPOSELY STRAIGHTENS DRAWERS..WILL TAKE EVERYTHING OUT..AND MAKE MOM TELL HER WHAT THE ITEM IS AS SHE PUTS IT BACK..MAKES FOR A GOOD TIME WITH MOM..AND NICE ORGANIZED DRAWERS!!!!

MOM SAYS ' ITS A MIXED UP WORLD'.  YES MOM..AND YOUR IN IT. SADLY

GOD BLESS MOLLIE

FROM MARCH UNTIL AUGUST 2011

WELL...ITS A HOT DAY. MOM IS WEARING A NEW DRESS CAROLYN SENT HER..ACTUALLY HAD IT MADE FOR HER...SHE IS STILL IN BED..BUT NOT FOR LONG.  WE GET HER UP, GET HER BATHED..AND GET HER TO BREAKFAST..NO SLEEPING IN BED FOR HIS YOUNG LADY. ( SHE TELLS ME ..JUDY..I AM JUST AN OLD LADY..AND I SAY...WELL..NOT THAAAAAAAAAAT OLD)!!

AND FOR SURE NOT TOO OLD TO GET HER HAIR DONE.   NOTHING FEELS BETTER THEN A NEW HAIR DO...........ITS HARD TO TAKE MOM OUT.  TAKES TWO OF US...SHE IS DEAD WEIGHT...WE HAVE TO PACK LIKE WE DO FOR A BABY..CLEAN CLOTHES IN CASE OF ACCIDENT..PANTS, ETC...WATER..SOMETHING TO EAT...WE JUST NEVER KNOW...AND THEN WE DONT' KNOW IF SHE WILL SIT LONG ENOUGH. LAST TIME HALF WAY THRU SHE SAID ' I AM DONE."...AND WANTED TO GO HOME.  WANTED TO KNOW WHO GOT HER TO THIS SILLY PLACE........BUT THIS TIME..IN THESE PICTURES..SHE ENJOYED IT..NEVER KNOW.

I TRY TO KEEP HER BUSY.  THATS THE NAME OF THE GAME. BUSY.  SO I TAKE HER IN MY STUDIO..SHOW HER MY NEW ART..BOXES, CANVAS..AND TELL HER TO DESCRIBE IT TO ME...WHO SHOULD WE GIVE IT TO..OPEN IT UP..ETC ETC..ANYTHING TO KEEP THE MIND GOING...YOU CAN SEE IN HER EYES..SHE IS TIRED.  THE DAYS ARE LONG FOR HER....BUT SHE DOESN'T GO TO BED UNTIL 7:30...AND SHE WILL SLEEP UNTIL 10:30 AM. NO NAPS.  NO. EVEN IF I ASK HER..SHE CAN BE TIRED..BUT NO NAPS.  THATS THE STRONG BODY AND MIND IN THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE!! ME?  SURE GIVE ME A NAP!!!

 AND AS HARD AS IT WAS TO GET HER TO THE HAIRDRESSER..HERE SHE IS..AND YOU CAN TELL SHE IS FEELING GOOD.  TIRED.  BUT GOOD.  I WISH I COULD TAKE HER OUT MORE..BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE..HARD TO GET HER INTO THE CAR..AND OUTAGAIN INTO HER WHEELCHAIR...JUST WHEN YOU THINK SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT OR WHERE YOUR GOING ..SHE WILL SAY ' JUDY LOOK AT THOSE BEAUTIFUL TREES'.  ITS THEN YOU REALIZE HOW CONFINED THEY ARE!

NOW ITS AUGUST.  SHE IS TIRED.  SHE DOES HER FOOT EXERCISES DAILY. NEXT TIME I WILL SEND A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT IS.  AGAIN..KEEPS HER BLOOD MOVING.  I HAVE MOVIES OF IT..BUT NO STILL PICTURES.  AGAIN, YOU NEED TO KEEP THEM BUSY!   I ALSO HAVE HER PLAYING TIC TAC TOE..AND SHE WINS MOST OF THE TIME..AND NOT BECAUSE YOU LET HER...GUESS I NEED MORE PICTURES.

BUT SHE IS TIRED.  HER MIND IS TIRED.  HER BODY IS TIRED.  I ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SIT ON THE PORCH.  SHE SAYS ' I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.  I AM WAITING FOR THE TRAIN.  THE TRAIN IS COMING TO TAKE ME HOME.

EACH DAY IS DIFFERENT.  EACH DAY IS A BLESSING....FOR WHOM?  IF YOU WOULD ASK HER..ITS NOT FOR HER.  SOME DAYS I AM ' MISS'  AND SOME DAYS SHE KNOWS ME...

I WILL TRY TO KEEP UP THE BLOG MORE OFTEN AND SEND YOU MORE PICTURES AND IDEAS ON HOW TO KEEP THEIR MINDS AS BUSY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT SHE WAKES EVERY MORNING..WITH A SMILE.  NOT SURE HOW SHE DOES IT.MAYBE BECAUSE SHE HAS FORGOTTEN SHE ISN'T GOING TO WALK OUT OF THAT BED???????????

MOM IS 96...DEMENTIA OR NOT..SHE SEEMS TO KEEP GOING

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM.  YOU WILL SEE SOME CHANGES SINCE LAST PICTURES.  SINCE I STARTED THE BLOG I NEEDED TO GO BACK TO SOME PICTURES 18 MONTHS AGO...SO YOU CAN TAKE THIS JOURNEY WITH HER.    WE TOOK HER OUT FOR HER BIRTHDAY..SOMETHING SPECIAL SINCE ITS BEEN SO HOT IN ARIZONA...BALLOONS, FOOD ETC AND THEN IN THE EVENING WHEN I REMINDED HER IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY..AND ALL THE FUN  ' WE' HAD..SHE SAYS ' AND YOU FORGOT TO TAKE ME?.........NO MOM...DEMENTIA..TOOK YOU!

2009 to 2010

well its been a tough tough year and 1/2.....here mom is still at copper village...life seems good, she has fallen...but had a plate put in her femer..and was in a wheelchair.....but...even with therapy she forgot...and tried to get up..an fell and broke her collar bone.  after that she was afraid to get up..could not do exercises...could not walk with walker..and the collar bone break..really did her in...after that..she never wanted to walk and still doesn't!

you see pictures like this and wonder..how fast she went downhill...but it was mostly after the fall...here she is in her bedroom at copper village...she was so active until she fell...walked about 30 times around the park..mom never sat down for long!

On the porch at copper. i went there every day..we would have lunch together...again i am amazed this is just over a year ago....

i also would bring her to my home.to my studio.  I would have her rewind the ribbons..anything.  she would say..boy what a bunch of junk here!!!  but it was nice to see her and have her here.  especially since we could carry on a converrsation..and she understood more then she didnt' understand...

and then. one day..she said she had pain in her legs.  they gave her morphine.  it knocked her out...i thought she was dying...so i said she wont' die here..and i took her home.

 So..she came to my house on in february  2009. For what we thought would be termporary!

but..when she seemed to get better and we took her back to copper village...the whole world came to an end

i found out the morphine was too much..took her off..and she AWOKE!.   SO.   we took her back to copper village but they had given her room away  ....no they didnt' say that.  they said...cottage 4 wasn't the right cottage anymore...cottages are by level of dementia.  they moved her..not to 6..or 7...but to 10!!!

wish i had pictures of that. but not allowed for the other patients.  these patients were in full blown alzheimers...they didn't communicate..didn't play cards..were not allowed outside to walk...and there were male caregivers...mom was NOT incontinent...she would never ever have a man help her with her pants etc....I was furious. After their lack of watching her..she had fallen twice.  she was in a wheelchair..and this was the best they could do for her.............STAY TUNED!

the good times

IN TRYING TO SHOW MOM ..AS SHE WAS JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. ITS HARD.  I HAVE WATCHED A SLOW SLOW DECLINE...BUT BEFORE WE START THE DECLINE...JUST TAKE A LOOK...HERE IS MOM WHEN SHE WAS LIVING ALONE AT APACHE WELLS..GATED COMMUNITY WITH CLUB HOUSE..AND I WOULD PICK HER UP JUST ABOUT EVERYPLACE I WOULD GO

 THIS WAS HERE 91ST BIRTHDAY...FLOWERS FROM HER CHILDREN BACK IN OHIO..SHE ALWAYS DRESSED SO NICE..HAIR JUST PERFECT.  I AM GLAD SHE DOESN'T LOOK IN THE MIRROR NOW.....

 OH WOW. LOOK WHO IS VISITING. DANNY. HER GRANDSON.  SHE LIVED WITH DANNY IN PRESCOT FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS..AND THEN MOVED ON.  MOM MOVED ABOUT 8 TIMES, BEFORE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN THE WELLS SO SHE HAD TO STAY...MOM WAS LOOKING FOR...WHAT WASN'T THERE ANYMORE..HOME WITH DAD.

 

 I ALSO TOOK  HER TO OUR CALIFORNIA CONDO.  SHE LOVED IT.  WOULD IRON. I WOULD GOLF.  JOHN WOULD COME DOWN ON A FRIDAY NIGHT..WE WOULD PUT MOM ON THE PLANE..AND PICK UP JOHN ( HUBBY).  LIFE WAS GOOD FOR MOM..WALKING..IRONING...SHE IS ABOUT 90 HERE...

CAN'T REMEMBER WEHRE WE WERE, SOME PARK..RIDES...SHE SAT IT OUT..BUT SHE WALKED AND ATE AND DID JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING...HERE SHE IS 92...
THE SLIDE STARTS.

MOTHERS DAY OUTING 2009

MOST OF WHAT I AM SHOWING YOU IS FROM 18 MONTHS AGO...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS PICTURE WITH LOEKE.  AS WE GO THRU MOMS JOURNEY, YOU WILL SEE THE CHANGES...

LOEKE HAS BEEN MOMS CAT FOR 10 YEARS.  SHE WILL SIT ANYWHERE ON THE BED..AS LONG AS SHE HAS AT LEAST ONE PAW...ON MOM..ARM..LEG..HEAD!  SHE IS HER CONSTANT COMPANION.  AS TIME GOES ON...MOM HAS FORGOTTEN WHO SHE IS...SAD AS THAT IS..AND WILL SAY ' GET THAT CAT OFF ME'.  LOEKE IGNORS HER..AND SO DO I!!  LOEKE STAYS

BEFORE MOM CAME TO MY HOME IN FEB OF 2010, SHE WAS AT A HOME FOR DEMENTIA..NICE...10 COTTAGES ON A NICE PIECE OF LAND.  6 WOMEN TO A COTTAGE..ALL BY LEVEL OF DEMENTIA...AND LIFE WAS GOOD...I WOULD VISIT EVERY DAY AND TAKE HER FOR A WALK OR EAT LUNCH WITH HER...UNTIL SHE FELL.  SHE DID NOT BREAK HER HIP, SHE BROKE HER FEMOR..BUT THAT DIDN'T CHANGE HER ADDRESS...THE COMPANY CHANGED...THE CARE CHANGED...THEN..I CHANGED MOM!

 HERE IS MOM AT HER 95TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AT HER GRANDSON JOHNNYS HOME...THE DRESS WAS HAND MADE BY MY SISTER IN LAW CAROLYN..FUNNY...WE HAVE GOTTEN HER ' GO TO JESUS ' CLOTHES READY SO MANY TIMES..YET HERE SHE WAS AT HER 95TH BIRTHDAY PARTY IN NEW CLOTHES!

 WE ALSO WOULD TAKE HER TO GER HER HAIR DONE.  SAME HAIR DRESSER FOR OVER 15 YEARS...MOM LOVED LOOKING NICE.  LATELY ITS HARD BECAUSE SHE WONT' SIT UNDER A DRYER..BUT WE TOOK HER LAST MONTH ANYWAY AND SHE DID PRETTY GOOD.  FOR 5 MONTHS WE DID NOT TAKE HER BECAUSE WE WORRIED ABOUT ' POTTY' AND OTHER THINGS..BUT I LOOKED AT HER HAIR ONE DAY AND SAID ' MOM WOULD NEVER EVER GO AROUND LOOKING LIKE THAT'.  SO RHANDA THE CAREGIVER AND I..JUST PUT HER IN THE CAR..AND TOOK HER TO CHARLYNS!!!

 TIME SURE HAS GONE FAST.  THIS IS MOTHERS DAY 2008. WHAT A DIFFERENCE.  SHE WAS WALKING...WEARING HER GLASSES.  SHE DOESN'T WEAR THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE HER EYES ARE SO BAD GLASSES DONT' HELP..NOR CAN WE GET HER TO UNDERSTAND THE EYE CHART AND SIT CORRECTLY.

RIGHT NOW MOM IS SLEEPING.  SHE SLEEPS UNTIL 11...BUT SHE NEVER EVER NAPS DURING THE DAY..ONCE SHE IS UP..SHE IS UP!  THE CASEWORKER WAS AMAZED AT SEEING MOM AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.  SHE SAYS ALOT OF FAMILIES JUST KEEP THEIR ELDERLY DEMENTIA PARENTS IN BED..ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DO NOT WALK AT ALL...NOT HERE..  MOM GETS UP!!!  DRESSED!!! AND ON THE PATIO!!!!

AND THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

DEMENTIA AS A GUEST

THIS IS MOLLIE. LETS SEE I THINK SHE WAS ABOUT 92..COOKING IN THE KITCHEN. MOLLIE LOVED THE KITCHEN. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK..WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN EUCLID OHIO FOR ABOU 20 YEARS...AND MADE SURE EACH RECIPE HAD ENOUGH MEAT IN IT FOR THE KIDS. NO SCRIMPINGAND..SHE SAID SHE NEVER HAD A PEDICURE...WELL NOW SHE DOES! SHE TALKED AND TALKED THAT DAY..LOVED EVERY MINUTE..ALWAYS SAID THANK YOU...
AND THEN..IT ALL CHANGED. AS YOU WILL SEE AS THIS BLOG CONTINUES DAY TO DAY...MOM IS NOW 95..WILL BE 96 IN AUGUST. THIS IS ABOUT OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER...

DEMENTIA, DEMENTIA..HOW COULD YOU BE SO CRUEL

THE MIND YOU TOOK DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU

TAKE AN ARM. TAKE A LEG ..THAT WOULD BE UNKIND

BUT INSTEAD...YOU ENDED MY LIFE WHEN YOU TOOK MY MIND

AND SO THE JOURNEY BEGINS...