Feeling Better
I managed to get a good night's sleep finally. But perhaps too much. I've been groggy most of the morning.
I've been having these memory flashes all day since I woke up. Things that remind me of mom.
Some of the memories make me smile. Like the time she had just won a wad of cash from a casino in Reno and I made her pose at the back door for a photo with the cash. She was on the top of the world whenever she "got back her money" from Reno. That was a happy day.
Some other 'snaps' make me tear up a bit. Like when she discovered her beloved cat, "Bay-boo-baby" (mom's pet-naming conventions were a bit wierd to say the least) was laying in her shower, curled up and dying. Mom wept a lot that day. Not a good day. I was glad I was with her to help her through it.
Do you suppose that all the cats and dogs she loved and cared for are with her now? Nikita, Mama, Papa, the three Wiki-Wakis (one of which learned to pee on the toilet, to my mom's delight!), Felix, Sam, 2001, TLC, Blackie, Bay-boo-baby, Bon-Bon, Chi-chi and the dozens I've forgotten...wow! Mom's love was inexhaustable.
I think its living in her home that is giving me these flashes. There isn't a corner where a memory dosen't exist. Almost as if the house itself was remembering mom.
Yes. Today is a better day.
I've been having these memory flashes all day since I woke up. Things that remind me of mom.
Some of the memories make me smile. Like the time she had just won a wad of cash from a casino in Reno and I made her pose at the back door for a photo with the cash. She was on the top of the world whenever she "got back her money" from Reno. That was a happy day.
Some other 'snaps' make me tear up a bit. Like when she discovered her beloved cat, "Bay-boo-baby" (mom's pet-naming conventions were a bit wierd to say the least) was laying in her shower, curled up and dying. Mom wept a lot that day. Not a good day. I was glad I was with her to help her through it.
Do you suppose that all the cats and dogs she loved and cared for are with her now? Nikita, Mama, Papa, the three Wiki-Wakis (one of which learned to pee on the toilet, to my mom's delight!), Felix, Sam, 2001, TLC, Blackie, Bay-boo-baby, Bon-Bon, Chi-chi and the dozens I've forgotten...wow! Mom's love was inexhaustable.
I think its living in her home that is giving me these flashes. There isn't a corner where a memory dosen't exist. Almost as if the house itself was remembering mom.
Yes. Today is a better day.
posted by McQ at 4:27 PM
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