Quiet Days

It's been a quiet couple of day, Annie and Eric are still visiting and are leaving tomorrow. Adam is coming up tonight and again for the day on Sunday. I guess it feels mostly like Mom is quieting, not sure how else to say it. Mercy said last night was very quiet, Mom hardly woke up at all except when she needed some repositioning to help with her breathing. Then she got up this morning, got all washed up and dressed and has been sleeping in her bed ever since. Annie and I were just commenting yesterday also that Mom hasn't cried in quite a while... there was a time when she was getting very emotional (emotional outbursts are kind of part of this illness) pretty often, but now she doesn't seem to have the energy. Both her physical and emotional energy seem to be low. She cried a little bit on the morning that Adam got engaged... I put him on speakerphone and he told Mom how it all happened and about the engagement ring (which is the same one that Mom's father gave her mother when they got engaged in 1939!). Mom was very happy and cried a little in joy, but there hasn't been much since then.
Last night, Annie and Eric and I decided to start a colorful little mural on Mom's ceiling... it has a few flowers and butterflies, etc in bright colors... kind of right above her head. There's a towel hanging in the window right next to her bed... just to provide a little more privacy... and it happens to be a colorful, tropical print that always catches her eyes. She actually spends a lot of time with her eyes on that towel, which is probably what gave us the idea for the mural. It's a little um... amateur... so we're excited that Adam, the Artist is coming tonight. Hopefully he can help to bring it all together. Maybe we can take a picture when it's finished so you can see.
Which reminds me, a lot of you have been telling me that you'd like to post comments but you can't figure out how to get onto the blog. If anyone would like to email comments (especially fun memories) directly to me, I can post them in this main blog spot where people can easily see them. Sorry it's giving trouble. My email is sibona@optonline.net. If you have memories, I know a lot of you grew up with Mom and went to college and raised kids... (those of you who have the memories and the stories know who you are!!) Just type up your silly stories and send them and I'll just cut and paste them. All of you who know Laura know that she's a "stitch" and has always been so much fun to be around... let's share those good memories. And also please feel free to send your pictures. I'm running out! And haven't you seen enough of Mom in her bathing suit?