Thanks you Classic Lays - tonight the kids and I did the potato chip dance for mom. No, there is no such thing as the potato chip dance...because there is no earthly way we can recreate it ever again! But she ate her sandwich (grilled ham and cheese with LOTS of butter!) and all her chips and then asked for seconds of chips.
Both kids got wide-eyed - because mom eats like a sickly bird these days - and I said "I KNOW!" so of course mom asked "what?" and I told her we were excited that she liked the chips and that if she ate them all I would be so happy I would do a potato chip dance.
She ate them all - and I think swiped a licked finger across the plate for all remaining crumbs! - and the kids were quick to point out that I had to do the potato chip dance. So the Lays chip bag and I danced and the kids joined in and mom smiled - really smiled.
Who doesn't love a Potato Chip Dance!?
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Smiles in the morning!
Today is full of smiles - mine, believe it or not! Is today a better day or am I just better prepared? better rested? better centered? I took some time to go back to living thankfully last night and that is always a key to my contentment and positive outlook...so why can't I go there every day, every minute? That's a questions for another day.
I stayed home from the pool this morning thinking it would be important for me to be home in case mom woke up early today like yesterday - she didn't. I believe she can sense when I am in the house or near her. And it makes me smile to think that I can have that kind of relaxing/calming effect on anyone! Just ask around - I am not the calmer - I am the make-you-crazier! Anyway - that's smile #1
I decided to make mom ham and eggs this morning as a nod to my daddy's breakfast specialty - thought it would be a good idea to have his spirit with me to start this better day - that's smile #2.
Murph started watching an MLB Bloopers show he had taped and it made us ALL laugh out loud - I call that smiles #3, #4 and #5!
Mom is sitting with me in the red room just enjoying looking outside and Peyton is singing at the top of her lungs in the shower - it's not so much a song as it is just some random thoughts she is having set to her latest made-up pop tune - complete with Christina vocal runs! and that is smile #6 - and it's not even noon!
God blessed me last night with a decision to enjoy a moment with my family and not worry, the choice to stay up past my bed time and watch an action film with the kids even though I was tired and the complete disregard for our tight budget to turn the AC down to a very comfortable sleeping temperature and I have been rewarded with His Grace and a lot of smiles!
Alzheimer's still sucks, but today I am smiling through it!
I stayed home from the pool this morning thinking it would be important for me to be home in case mom woke up early today like yesterday - she didn't. I believe she can sense when I am in the house or near her. And it makes me smile to think that I can have that kind of relaxing/calming effect on anyone! Just ask around - I am not the calmer - I am the make-you-crazier! Anyway - that's smile #1
I decided to make mom ham and eggs this morning as a nod to my daddy's breakfast specialty - thought it would be a good idea to have his spirit with me to start this better day - that's smile #2.
Murph started watching an MLB Bloopers show he had taped and it made us ALL laugh out loud - I call that smiles #3, #4 and #5!
Mom is sitting with me in the red room just enjoying looking outside and Peyton is singing at the top of her lungs in the shower - it's not so much a song as it is just some random thoughts she is having set to her latest made-up pop tune - complete with Christina vocal runs! and that is smile #6 - and it's not even noon!
God blessed me last night with a decision to enjoy a moment with my family and not worry, the choice to stay up past my bed time and watch an action film with the kids even though I was tired and the complete disregard for our tight budget to turn the AC down to a very comfortable sleeping temperature and I have been rewarded with His Grace and a lot of smiles!
Alzheimer's still sucks, but today I am smiling through it!
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