It is getting harder to update. This is mostly because I am exhausted, and reliving it all seems to just exhaust me a little bit more, but maybe if I can write a bit, I can fill in the gaps later. Or maybe I won't want to. I am torn between feeling a personal responsibility as a writer to document this and a personal responsibility as a person to rest. Yesterday was a long day. Matt and I rode up to Sandy, UT to tour another assisted living facility . It was beautiful. The woman who gave us the tour was sharp, responsible, compassionate, warm, and reassuring. Everyone we met was happy, calm, and like the Hospice people, just the nicest people you'll ever meet. The people who live there seemed engaged and happy, not just staring into space. They were participating in a social gathering that seemed like something that my mom could also participate in. It smelled good throughout-- like potpourri. I loathe the way assisted living facilities smell, but I couldn't get over how ...
I am afraid!
ReplyDeleteYou should be! Now, what is your number again? ;)
ReplyDeleteHa! Love it! I'm curious to know who's on the black list, and note how blithely I assume I'm NOT? (But then, any phone call from you would be a pleasure.)
ReplyDeleteHey, when we're old and gray, you can phone me and say nothing more than "fuck off", and I'll say "back atcha, bitch", and then we can launch into a three-hour conversation. Deal? Though maybe not when our children are in earshot and start thinking that maybe mom needs "care". :D
"Laura," I thought that was you! But I was seriously concerned for a minute about what Laura would welcome a phone call from me, hahaha. Mostly because I don't know any. ;)
ReplyDeleteWho do you think is on the black list, silly? lol