Brownies & Beds

Today was another day where she was struggling and I came in to help. She asked me to give her sips of water. She couldn’t talk well. One of the first things she told me was that she’d been “stupid” and had “pushed [her]self” too hard. I didn’t press for details. I’d brought my laptop, and offered her a choice of music: classical, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and Shirley Temple. Guess which one she picked? (Hint: the answer is always c.) During the “Animal Crackers” song, she told me that it was a very popular song when she was a little girl! (Of course. It’s a classic!)

She looked at some family photos in a little album and on my laptop, and enjoyed it even though she couldn’t remember everyone’s names. Softly and earnestly, she said she loves all her grandchildren though and she knows them, even if she can’t think of their names. She asked me to make a list of people for a party; the list was all her female descendants. She really loves you all, boys and girls!

She could talk better by the time I left (and Grandpa arrived), but I wasn’t sure if she’d come to dinner. She did, though! However, she decided it was a mistake when she arrived; she didn’t feel well enough to sit at the table. Dinner was an unusually small affair of 4 without her and the usual others. She lay on the couch for a while, used the bathroom, and then settled down well in Elizabeth’s room on the bed, reading the newspaper. She wasn’t very interested in most of the meal, but when Elizabeth offered her dessert (ice cream, raspberries and black bean brownies) she had two helpings!

See how nicely the bed and bedding matches her clothes? Perfect outfit. :)

Before heading out again, Grace stepped in the room for a couple of minutes to be with Grandma. Grandma saw her shoes (Easter pastel purple Steve Madden Wedges), she gasped, “Oh my goodness! Those are glamorous!”

Soon after, when she’d finished her dessert, she allowed me to take the above photos and clean her fingernails, and then talked with Cathy on the phone for a few minutes (she was talking pretty well!). Then she told me she was pretty well talked out. However, around half an hour later Elizabeth connected her with David – so she got to talk to 2 of her out-of-town kids today!

Last Wednesday, July 10

The highlight of this visit, for me and Grandpa, was a mattress.

We helped Grandma look over and see it. She was quiet but seemed to be having a good night. 

Now YOU can sleep when Grandma does!