My Momma Yes today was our day out and we sure had a great day. It is a beautiful warm day today with lots of good ole sun shine and mom sure does not like the cold and I was praying for a pretty day and it was. After I arrived she got ready in her pretty new blue outfit and she was ready to go out. I told her she was exceptionally beautiful today and got to take a picture of her before we left. I even noticed that she was wearing her wedding rings that she had not worn for a long time since the death of my father at age 55 in 1993 many years has come and passed in her life- time some harder and more difficult than others not only did she bury her husband but a son at age 42 also in 2000 from a boating accident. She has fought to stay strong and independent and I am proud of her for that strength, she has done a great job of taking care of herself through it all.
We have come to notice her good days verses the more difficult ones so much easier now that we understand what is happening. Today was a more difficult day of walking and balance, even though we did not do lots of it today.
Our first stop was for some petrol and off to the city we went she has never seen Beth's house so off we went to go and take a look. She was happy to see the kids in a nice home with a nice neighbor hood, a mother is always a mother the surroundings are important for her to know her grandchild is in a safe place and doing well. Then we went to Jackson to see Ricky and say hi to him. We went to see if one of our family members new car lot was getting built. Then we drove to my home that she has seen from the outside but had never been inside and she was giddy to see such a nice big house and just happy about it. I was taken in by her looking through the house with me and she even had to go up stairs and her balance was not good and this was the first time we have experienced stairs together so I told her that her son in-law would put in an electric chair for the stairs, she laughed said yea that would be good.
Awe I am having such a wonderful time with my mom that I feel like I should pinch myself to see if I'm still alive. Wow this is awesome and my dad and Rick must be dancing in the heaven-lies about this wonderful place of being more at peace right now, she deserves to have this time. Sure she gets kicked up but now we can help her come down with love and understanding and patience. It is so good to finally know how to help her it is great for us we have talked about the change and how we are working so well with her we are just elated and excited we are getting to share and build new memories with our momma. I know she had a great day we stayed here at the house and waited to take Ricky out to eat with us and she had been gone a good six hours from her home but she had a wonderful day. We have recognized that we all can't go at the same time with her but we can each take a day and spend time and she enjoys it even more because the less stressful it is, makes such a remarkable difference for her and us. I feel that now that we know what we are dealing with, we can now help her through and us too. It just feels like a new beginning for us all.
I showed momma the blog today and some of the postings and ask her if she would mind if I posted her picture and she was so taken with the Internet today and what all someone could do and the fact we could make a site about our family and talk and share and she said it was ok to let me share her with you.
Momma, We Love You
Saundra.....wow! I was so blown away by your blog entry today, it was so awesome. And your momma's picture is beautiful! You should put her picture in the forum album, your mamma looks so nice. Wow, i find it amazing reading your blog, because like you say, nobody knew what was wrong with your mom for years, and so nobody gave her understanding, but now, now that you all have just found out, it's like, having an hd diagnosis has been a good thing, cus now, you guys get it, you get what is wrong, and so now suddenly you understand, and you guys have made an about turn, and now are giving her tons of understanding, which she didnt get before. And it was so exciting to see what a huuuuge difference it is making, and what a wonderful day you had with your mom. Most times people can be upset by an hd diagnosis, of course, but sometimes it can be a good thing. For me it was a good thing too, because i thought i was just being dumb, stupid, and clumsy, and getting my hd diagnosis actually gave me back a little self worth, cus i was able to say, hey its not me, now i know, it's hd, i knew there was a reason. So glad your mom is responding so well to the new found support from her family, that is sooo good to hear.
Posted by: Barb | February 24, 2007 at 04:17 PM
hey just to see how you are doing, hey do you know when Adam and Eve got kicked out of the garden do you know what they did? answer they raised a little Cain ha ha. just checking on you see if you is doen alright,
just to let you know we are praying fer ya, recon you is haven fun doen ya weba sight you is smart me not that much, weel you take care of your self ya hear, me and mines wub you very much all kidding aside you and your husbad mean a lot to us good people even so God continues to Bless you sis all hell maybe breaking out but you keep on fighting you know that it isn't in the way we feel but it is by our faith it's that knowing when you can't see what is up ahead it's the understanding of HIs word that keeps us going it's the wisdom and the knowledge that tell's me when I have done all to stand that I'am to STAND REGARDLESS of what that devil throws at me we continue to fight that good fight of faith. I wish my faith was as strong as yours you go girl we got your back. maybe some body else who may read this you might be down because you feel all hope is gone it's not call up on the name of the LOrd he will be there to never leave nor to for sake you he sticks closer than a brother.my prayer is RESTORATION, TO PUT BACK ALL THE DEVIL STOLE FROM YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLL!
PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL AND THE LOVE OF OUR FATHER GOD THROUGH HIS SON JESUS AMEN AND AMEN.
Posted by: Bro. Chris | March 13, 2007 at 12:10 AM
Saundra,
my prayers are certainly with you and your family. We both know that if He sees us to it, He will see us through it. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Virginia Hankins
Posted by: Virginia Hankins | March 13, 2007 at 12:24 AM