HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM.  HAPPY 98TH BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!

MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE I LAST UPDATED MOMS BLOG...ITS BECOME A SAD JOURNEY...FOR US...MOM DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE.  SAYS ' I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I WALKED YESTERDAY!!  WATCHING A SOUL..SLOWLY RETURN TO THEIR NATURAL AND LOVED PLACE...IS REWARDING, SPIRITUAL AND LOVING..AS WELL AS...SAD.

 WELL THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO...SHE GOT HER HAIR DONE...SHE LOVES TO HELP MAKE PUDDING. MOM STILL IS ALIVE IN THE KITCHEN!!! EVEN JUST EMPTYING THE SILVERWARE..WHICH TAKES HER A WHILE..TRYING TO FIGURE WHERE THE FORK GOES ...IS STILL SOMETHING SHE ENJOYS.

 TAKING HER OUT..IS VERY VERY DIFFICULT.  SHE IS DEAD WEIGHT..SO GETTING HER IN A CAR AND OUT..PLUS IF SHE HAS TO GO POTTY ETC...BUT ON THIS DAY WE TOOK HER TO MY HAIRDRESSER RATHER THEN PUSH HER IN THE WHEELCHAIR TO THE CORNER..AND SHE LOVED IT  I THINK A WOMEN NEVER TIRES OF HAVING HER HAIR DONE..MOM MUST HAVE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE SHE WAS CALM...HAPPY...AND LOVED HAVING THEM WASH IT.  KEPT SAYING ' OH THIS FEELS SO GOOD.

 WE TRY TO SAY ' SMILE' BUT FOR SOME REASON SHE DOESN'T GET IT.  SHE ALSO DOESN'T REALIZE WHEN SHE HAS EATEN.  SHE EATS EVERYTHING..BUT LATER WILL SAY ' NO ONE FEEDS ME'.  THIS SHIRT SHE HAS ON I PURCHASED FOR HER PROBABLY 10 YEARS OR MORE..AGO ..ALONG WITH SLACKS TO MATCH.  WE DRESS HER LIKE YOU ARE DRESSING A DOLL EVERY MORNING...EVEN THE FLOWER IN HER HAIR!

 THIS IS HER NEW GREEN OUTFIT.  AND CHECK OUT THOSE SOCKS!!!!  SHE WEARS LONG SOCKS TO PROTECT HER ARTERIES IN HER LEGS.  SHE HAS ABOUT 10 PAIR AND EACH IS SOOOO CUTE.  I LOVE PICKING OUT THE WILDEST SOCKS!!  FOR HALLOWEEN SHE HAS ORANGE AND BLACK..AND OF COURSE SHE IS HOLDING PUPPY.  THIS IS JUST A STUFFED DOG..SMALL..HOSPICE GAVE HER ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND SHE HAS GROWN ATTACHED TO HIM.

 MOM AND PUPPY IN BED...SHE TALKS TO HIM.  ALONG WITH ALL HER ' FRIENDS?"
MOM TALKS TALKS TALKS ALL DAY. SHE IS VERY FUNNY SINCE NOTHING COMES OUT JUST RIGHT. I ASKED HER THE OTHER NIGHT ' WHERE IS PUPPY?  SHE SAYS WELL I PUT HIM ON THE EMPLOYMENT LIST!!!!  I TRY TO WRITE DOWN ALL THESE FUNNIES..AND I TAKE MANY MANY VIDEO'S WITH MY IPHONE...

HOSPICE CALLS HER SWEET MOLLIE.  SHE IS.  NOW WITH HARDLY ANY MIND SHE IS ONLY KNOWS LOVE.  ITS A GREAT PLACE TO BE..AND TO BE WITH.  IN MOLLIE'S MIND EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL.  SHE SITS AT THE FRONT TABLE EVERY MORNING AND LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW AND SEES THE BIRDS AND TREES AND SAYS  ' JUDY ISN'T EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL.   SHE STILL CALLS MY NAME, BUT MANY MANY TIMES CALLS ME EDITH..OR ' HER MOM'...SOME TIMES SHE WILL SAY
 I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT I KNOW YOUR A SWEETIE PIE".

 SO TODAY IS MOMS BIRTHDAY.  WE HUNG THE SIGN ON THE FRONT GATE.  ALL THE NEIGHBORS KNOW HER..THEY LOVE TO STOP AND TALK TO HER BECAUSE SHE ONLY SAYS NICE THINGS..AND GETS EVEN THAT CONFUSED.  WILL SAY ' WELL I FLEW TO CHICAGO TODAY AND THEN WALKED TO CHURCH SO I AM VERY TIRED..BUT I AM SO GLAD TO MEET YOU".  EVEN THO SHE HAS MET THEM SO MANY TIMES...EVERYONE LOVES MOLLIE

AND..WE CAN'T FORGET THE 2 PEOPLE THAT HELP MAKE MOLLIES' WORLD WONDERFUL.  FLAPJACK AND JOHN.  MOM WILL SAY ' JUDY THERE IS A STRANGE MAN IN THE HOUSE'.  BUT JOHN LOVES TALKING TO MOM.  THE OTHER DAY HE ASKED HER WHAT HER CHILDRENS NAMES WERE..AND NOT ONLY DID SHE KNOW THEM...HE ASKED HER TO SPELL THEM..AND SHE DID EACH PERFECT!!!

SO HAPPY 98TH MOM.  THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY.  MY LIFE IS NOT THE SAME..NOR WILL IT EVER BE THE SAME...I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO LEARN ABOUT REAL LOVE..HOW TO CARE FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING AND NEEDS EVERYTHING..AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY YOU AND DAD ARE TOGETHER..WITH NO CHILDREN..NO WORRIES..JUST THE LOVE YOU FIRST KNEW..YOU BOTH DESERVE IT.
LOVE FROM JUDY, JOHN, JOHNNY, DANNY, GERI, NATHANIEL..NIKOLAI AND BRANDON.....AND I KNOW..FROM KENNY AND CAROLYN..NANCY, LINDA, SUSAN AND JANET...AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ALL THE CARDS YOU HAVE SENT MOM...SHE DOES READ THEM..SHE LOOKS AT THEM..SHE KNOWS ' OH THIS IS FOR ME"...!!!

I WILL TRY TO KEEP UP THE BLOG.  YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO..dementiahoffart.blogspot.com IF YOU WANT TO FORWARD THIS TO SOMEONE.  IF YOU CAN'T GET IT..LET ME KNOW..I WILL FIGURE OUT WHY.
LOVE.