We finally got Grandma's house completely cleaned out and surrendered our keys. It was very bittersweet. Stopped and finally saw Grandma Shafer's house. I really like it. When I told her so, she said I could have it. Hmmmm. She is so funny. We got to talking about Grandpa and the silly things he used to say when he was watching Y&R. Not real sure how we got on that topic, but it was fun to laugh remembering him. Which lead us to our next topic, Grandma Wells. Gma S said how hard it is to see her now and how we need to be able to have memories like we had just discussed about Gpa when we start to get down about Gma W. How true. Can you imagine what it must feel like to watch someone 11 years your junior going through these things?
My visit to follow with Gma W wasn't all that easy. It wasn't terrible, don't get me wrong. When she was lucid she for some reason picked ME (out of Mom, Dad, and I) to be ornery to. And oooooh she was full of it in those moments. She quite literally had Dad and I laughing to the point of tears a couple of times. She reminds us so much of her dad when she does some of the things she does. It's awesome. Then there were the hard things. Like when she would say she still hasn't seen Jan and Elaine (her two sisters that were here two weeks ago) and that they were supposed to be there yesterday. And she has a catheter. Hard things to see. Very hard.
When we left, as I was walking to the van, I remembered I had opened her curtains when I got there and was parked right outside her window, so I stopped and waved and she returned it with a blown kiss. Oh how I love her.
2 comments:
I'm glad that you are still looking for the silver lining to hold on to. See you later this week.
Listen to Grma S she's very wise. I am so sorry Grma W has to be so sick. You must read "When Bad Things Happen to Good People", it makes sense. Look outside- the sun is shining!!!!!
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