Obessions

My aunt left today after visiting with my mom and I over New Year's and I cried after I dropped her off at the airport. She and my mom seemed to have such a nice visit - and I really enjoyed the visit also - even though I slept on the couch (and Brandy, you were right - the cat did sleep with me). We had such a good time the last several days - I was sad to see her leave. The only downside is the reminder of how my mom used to be - I want my mom back and this week, I'm really struggling with that.

I've had some time to really reflect on the year and count my blessings - and I certainly have many. I am tremendously blessed with an amazing group of friends that I know love and support me no matter what. But the year has been bittersweet also, as I've watched my mom slowly get worse. But even as bad as it gets - I know that the Lord is always watching over me (even when I have angry conversations with him - hey - at least I'm talking to him - right?!) and I know my friends will always be there for me - God bless all of you!

Enough melancholoy - I have to laugh a little - this posting is beginning to sound a little like those Christmas newsletters that you get from people that tell you about all of the diseases or loss of life or family problems they go through during the year - let me fix that by including a list...

A list of my mom's latest obessions:
The birds - you know they go one way in the morning and the other way at night
Checks - she only has one check left - and it's for the rent - it would help if she would put her checks in her checkbook correctly and not stuff all but one into the sleeve
Money - how can she buy any groceries if I don't give her any money - I told her I would give her money and I never did - shame on me - I'm so terrible won't order her checks either (she was surprised to see the $80 I found stashed in an envelope in her dresser)

Her keys - she lost them one day and that was all she could talk about - of course the next day we were talking about making new keys and she says to my Aunt - 'You lost your keys?' - no mom, you lost yours - we found them

The chairs in the lobby - you know they took the chairs out of the lobby that she and her friends used to sit on and she just doesn't understand why (truthfully, I'm not sure either) - but she has remedied that by bringing her lawn chair down to the lobby to wait for the mail! Go Mom!
Her tooth - actually this hasn't been much of an obsession - don't really hear about it much anymore - she has so many new obsessions to worry about!

One last story - her doctor signed a handicap placard application recently and she asked what the paper was and I told her it was the application and that I was getting a handicap placard for her and she says to me 'How long am I going to be handicapped?'! God Bless Her. And Happy New Year!