A glimpse

We finally got around to replanting our flower bed and we are both more pleased with it now than even before the storm that washed it all away.

This weekend was wonderful.

Quality time spent with loved ones. A day of errands, chips and salsa with Mom. A cookout dinner and ice cream date with Neeley and Lane. A Sunday spent at home with my Love. Somehow cooking and cleaning don't seem so boring when he is around.

Sometimes I am hit by the sadness that is Alzheimer's feeling victim of the changes it is making in my Mom.  I grieve for the life left we will not experience together. I grieve for the past I took for granted. Mostly I grieve for her and I miss the personality she had while I was growing up and in high school and college. I miss my friend who I could talk to about anything and count on for advice. Now I Nair her legs for her and help to guide her as she has done for me.

My husband who has been adamant in the past that "We will NEVER ever ever have a cat. Please promise me we will never get a cat." Asked me yesterday how much I thought it would cost to get a cat de-clawed. I was shocked and all I could do was stare at him trying to determine the seriousness of the question. He smiled and looked at me, "Well I just think it would make your Mom happy and she would like to come over more if we had a cat!" How did I get so blessed with this man who sees the importance of my Mom's happiness to me and genuinely cares about making her happy! He loves and adores her!