Then I noticed the look on her face. I went over to greet her. She was pointing up to the ceiling and said, "can you see the flies up there? They are really quite interesting, they are crawling up into the tracks up there" I looked up and said if there were that many flies we needed an exterminator. She continued to look and to smile and then to comment on the flies and how entertaining they were. Then all of the sudden she said,
"That Floyd, he really is neat, he is really a nice man" I concurred saying, he really is. She went on,
"He has the patience of Job, An the something of someone else I can't think of right now" She continued on for awhile, really quite pleasantly and I knew that something was different.
The day went on, we did the shower with out too much fuss and did the hair and the breakfast and the pills. She was a little more talkative than normal and then wow about 10:30 or 11 she perked right up, she began to notice what we were doing and to comment on it. Rodger and I were moving things out of my sewing closet, through the living room to put into the car, she watched with interest.
Later we were working on a crossword puzzle and she was really into it. Trying to fit the words she thought of into the provided spaces, with lots of creativity, I might add. Then she started talking about her old house and that she was sort of sad to leave it after living there for so many years and I had to agree that it had to be tough for her and a big change. She got a bit teary but handled it quite well and continued to talk, ( this is new and different)
After lunch I helped her to the bathroom and she had a little accident. I went in with clean undies and explained to to put them on I needed to talk off her shoes and pants but that we would put them back on and she actually said, "what ever you say", I just about fell over.
After we were finished she said, "what would we do without friends? I said we would be in big trouble. No fighting, no protests, just pleasant conversation. Wow!
Then we were looking at Floyd's phone and I showed he the contacts. I read the names, One was a friend, Krissy, She says, "Krissy, I wonder what she is up to lately". I said, "do you want to call her? She says sure. So we dialed the number. Krissy was not end but she left a message. Great stuff.
The was a short down side, I guess Rodger took them over to the new house while I took my mom visiting teaching and got my hair cut. That didn't go so well and both Max and Rodger were pretty upset when they got back home. But that was short lived at least on Max's part.
Tonight she was all sweetness. She even said that if she could choose, she would choose me. She was talking to Ron on the phone and had a good conversation she even asked him some questions and kept talking to him. I could tell that the call really brightened him up. He sounded pretty beat when I answered but after talking to Floyd and Max he sounded much happier. He sounded even better when he asked if there were still things at the house that he needed to take care of and I said it was all done. Ah, relief!
Dressing, bathroom, teeth brushing all went like a dream! All I can say is that I am a believer in miracles and today was a big one.
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