TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER UNTIL SHE NEEDS ME NO MORE

The week of Christmas was really busy. A family get-together on the 25th and a weeding the next day was very emotional for my mom.

Christmas Eve

Hey Mom? Look at the camera please? _{No, she is busy looking at her presents}

_{One more try} Hey Mom! Look at here! _{No, she is busy ending with her dessert}

Finally my sister made my mom look at the camera

Going home, two of my kids goofing off, it started to snow

Weeding Day

Oh NO! What a day! Snow again?

Mom and the bride, both of them look so happy!

The reception place; Heritage Gardens or _{snow gardens?}

I flew with Mom to Atlanta last Friday to be present in my niece bridal shower, who is getting married the last week of December. My sister was busy and she couldn’t pick us up at the airport, therefore, we had to take the Marta. At the beginning Mom was a bit scared but as soon she get into the train and saw a lot of people she was happier.

In each station she was asking me are we home yet? You had to see how happy she was when she finally arrived to the destination point.

Mom and her grand-daughter who is getting married.

Mom at my sister house, happy and ready for dinner.

After the bridal shower I went to New Orleans to visit my hippie friend and came back to Salt Lake only this morning. Mom is staying in Atlanta for a week and in the “event” that she get “bored”, I will have to go back to bring her home this Wednesday :| Now, Paj is really tired, sleepy and ready to hit the sack quite soon because tomorrow is her Monday….lazy Monday.

On July 28 my mom turned 86 years. We had a good time. My sisters from Atlanta and Virginia came to be with us too. Mom had a piñata and had fun trying to break it along with all her great-grandkids. I am grateful because she still is with us and we enjoy her company.

I will get those candies…

Hey kids…leave candies for Granny too!!

Mom (and I) drinking a pop before going home, party is over and YES, she HAD fun :)

The best gift you can give is to be there for the people you love when they are in a time of need. I took care of my mother for 2 years before whe died of Lou Gehrig’s disease. It was 26 years ago on the 15th of April that she died. At the time it was so hard…But the person I am today is because of that time in my life….

I barely got home. I took mom to the eyes doctor for her follow up visit. Her corneal trasplant seems to be working way better, her vision has improved in more than a fifty percent. If everything continues this way, the doctor will prescribe her new glasses in the next visit. After this, we stopped by Applebee’s to have dinner. While I was in there, I thought of how grateful I am for having her with me. She is a very strong lady and wants to live more.

Yes, she fell last week, hit her head, was at the hospital and now is home again. She was lucky this time. It was a hard week for everyone in the family, including her too, of course. Why did she fall? A long story. Thanks goodness she is doing well, for now. I think she is learning the hard way that wandering around without a person by her is not a good idea…sad but so true.

Yesterday for my mother was an “Eye Surgery” day. She had a Corneal Transplant and she is doing well so far. I took her today to her follow-up visit and the doctor is pleased with the results. I have more to tell about this but I need to go and take care of her tonight again. I hope that she can sleep better this time.

Mom enjoyed a dinner concert tonight with my grown children. She loves classical music and was so happy that this time one of her grandsons was in the stage playing for her.

I was in Atlanta during this week (two days) visiting my mother. She is at my sister’s house and her health has not been good. We had a family picnic and I was happy she enjoyed it, the place where it took place was the Chattahoochee River. I think I will go back to Atlanta in two more weeks to bring her back home, she already is missing it.

We had a family get-together yesterday celebrating my Mom’s birthday. She turned 85 years last Saturday. It was wonderful to be there with her and my other sisters.