General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 44...! :-D, 1 by CARAT

CARAT wrote:
Hi and goodmorning all you chatty ones. Its amazing that I get on at 9 am and I am just now posting at 11. I can't remember half of what I wanted to type now. LOL So HI to all and hope Sarv's arm gets some rest and feels better.


Joy, I too know how hard it is to be the one on the wrong side of the spoon. I still had such fresh and vivid memories of my mom giving me soup when I was sick as a child and then I turned around it was me feeding her. A close friend of mine has her mother in a home close to me, she has been in the same condition as your mom for the past 5 years. Her mind has left but her body is still strong. Another friend of her's gave this poem to her. Hits home.

To My Mother When She Dies

They will have called me to say you are gone,
That you went at, say, five of three last night.
But, I will wonder, when did you really leave?
Not in the tortured early days,
Though death surely beckoned you then.
Not during the silly season, when you smiled roguishly
And asked, "Did you and Phil ever get married?"
Gradually you retreated, into yourself, we said,
Though you still looked into my eyes and smiled
While your fingers were busy, busy, busy.
But one day, I wonder what day it was,
An imposter came and took your place
And I never saw you again.
I would like to have said, "I love you. Good-bye."
The imposter cared for no one,
And tried to destroy our memories of you.
So when they tell me you have died,
I will be content to have you back again.

Carol, I am so glad that your Dad is better then expected. I will keep him in my prayers. My father had a stroke and his left leg seemed useless at first. A few weeks after he was able to use in for support and although he walked slowly with a limp, he was walking, within two months he was able to walk with out assistance again. Slowly and with smaller steps but, he was up and walking.

I love all the new furniture. When my parents first moved in with us I had a metal canopy bed that I had gotten from a yard sale 10+ years before. Mom hated it. Hated all metal furniture. LOL. The room they used was directly across from mine and mom would look straight into my room from her bed, so she went shopping by catalog and bought DH and me new bedroom furniture without our knowledge. Wonderful present, would have been a bit better if we had known, I wasnt dress when the delivery came, and since she didn't measure it is a VERY tight fit in my small bedroom. Can't wait to have the extra room for a few pieces to sit in at the new house. The picture shows how little room I have between the bed and my dresser now.


Whose ever window is in the bedroom built by DH, I love it. I get out of bed and open the blinds before I even get to the bathroom.

Oh, I know I am going to have more catching up since it took me so long to type this out. Hope all are having a great day, I need to get started on the walls.

Casey