Hey there sexy man...
Yes, this is me, in my beat-up old Journey t-shirt that I love. I wear it all the time, and it's all worn out. But, it's one that I cannot seem to sacrifice for Valentines' Day gifts. It took me a half hour to go through all of my Journey t-shirts yesterday, (I have a bunch), to figure out which two shirts I could live without. I want to use them for a project to give to Kim and Kathryn, friends of mine in VA Beach, who are fans of yours too...as a Valentines' Day gift. I finally chose two of them, but now I'm torn between just sending them the shirts to wear, or making the project out of the shirts. If I screw them up, they are ruined forever, and I don't have the ability to give up two more shirts!! I JUST CAN'T!!
Soooo I have come up with a Plan B, and I think they will like it just as much or maybe more. This is one thing I love doing, giving people stuff that I make, or doing something nice as a surprise. In fact, I bought 30 tiny candy bags and filled them with individual M&Ms, and Sweethearts, and I'll be taking them to the Alzheimers facility where Pete's 91 year old mom lives, to give out to all the residents for Valentines Day. It's not much, but it's something they won't expect, and I think they'll enjoy it.
We visited Florence yesterday, she's doing well. She has a boyfriend (who is married), but his memory is such that the only thing he recognizes in his own wife is that she has white hair, and so does Flo, so I guess Flo becomes his "wife" when his real wife leaves! I guess maybe because he doesn't feel so alone then. And Florence enjoys his company, and seems to be thriving with the thought that she has a new "husband" now. She has missed her own real husband for a long time since he died, so this is really a good thing for her. I just hope THIS guy doesn't croak, or that might send her into chaos.
Alzheimers is a horrible thing to watch happen to someone you love. It's very helpless and hopeless, and depressing. She doesn't say our names anymore, she can't remember them. She gets a tiny spark in her eyes, like she knows she SHOULD know us, and feels comfortable with us, so that's a good thing. But even THAT will fade with time. Eventually she won't know us at all. When she first moved in there, she would take us around to everyone and introduce us, and give us a tour of the place. She doesn't do that anymore either. She used to walk around the perimeter of the building too, for exercise, but she has fallen so many times that she doesn't do that anymore either. Now they make her use her walker, which unfortunately, makes a person become dependent on the walker. Getting old sucks.
I know that, probably later this year, she may die. At least, that's always in the back of my mind. Who knows, she COULD live to be 100!! But, I do think about it, and worry about her a lot, even now. Taking care of her for three years was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my whole life. But, now I have some knowledge of what it will take when my own mother gets old and needs help, so Flo has taught me a lot, in her own way, about many things that will help me in the future.
I'm the youngest person living in my house, you know. Guess who gets to take care of all the OLD farts around me?! But, who the hell is gonna be there to take care of ME when it's MY TURN?!! It sucks being young sometimes too. (I am 44, but I feel 25). I hope I don't LOOK 44 though!!
My friend Melva June (Kevin Chalfant's sister), was like my "mom away from mom," for 15 years. She has since passed away from cancer, but she got me started on using Oil of Olay when I was 25. I use it daily. So hopefully that has helped me to look younger. She was always looking out for me like that, giving me advice, talking to me about all sorts of mom stuff, and worldly stuff, taking me all around Illinois when I visited her to see the Abraham Lincoln birth place, and his lawyer office, etc. She was really cool and I miss her a lot. We used to chat online every day. She was just awesome. We were like kindred spirits, but Kevin and I have major differing opinions about stuff. He's uber conservative politically, so we go 'round sometimes about things like that. But he's cool too, and I consider him a good friend. I just don't understand how he's going around singing Journey songs as "the Journey Experience." Did you give your blessing on that?! He's a good singer, sure, but I kinda wonder if that's something you had any say-so in, or if Neal and the boys just said, "Sure, go ahead."
Anyway, keeping the legacy of those songs alive is awesome, either way you look at it.
But this.....well.....this would get Kevin all pissed off if I sent it to him.....LOL...in fact, I think he has unfriended me from Facebook because I post all kinds of liberal stuff on it, every day. Poor schlub.
Here's one for ya, that you might get a chuckle out of.....
And this one just cracked me up.......
Love, Rebecca
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