Mumsie is still teaching me lessons even at her age.
I try every weekend to take her out of the manor
for at least a little while,
sometimes she is too tired and sometimes she
can't wait.
This weekend, she wants to go shopping so we
go to the mall.
Usually she sits while I shop but that always bothers
me. A few weeks ago I found out for 10 dollars
I can borrow a wheelchair at the mall and get
my money back when I return it.
Yesterday that is just what we do and we
run all over the mall, well Mumsie rides.
I kept asking her if she was tired and she
would say, " No, I can do this all day."
Every once in a while she would say
what a good time she was having,
wanted to hold all the packages.
We had a pleasant time and then I remembered that
Hobby Lobby has wheelchairs, too.
That is next on our adventure.
Now Hobby Lobby, we are talking high-tech. chair
because it also has a basket to put my treasures in!
We are moving along happily and Mom comments
how she doesn't remember any ones birthdays
and doesn't know if she has bought presents
for the ones coming up.
I relieve her mind and tell her not to worry
that now, when I buy a gift, I always
put her name on it also.
She is happy and says,
"Good, now I don't have to worry, just tell me what I owe you"
I joke with her and say she owes me nothing,
the only thing she owes is to be my Mumsie,
then she again teaches me what I sometimes forget,
she says to her baby,
"Being your Momma has been a privilege."
I tear up, feel like crying and hugging her
right there in the sticker aisle of
my favorite store Hobby Lobby.
She is my very favorite Mumsie in the
whole, wide, world.
Some mellow with age,
our Mumsie has blossomed...
OK! With all the things going on in my life right now, I can always use a good cry. This blog did it. I find it very hard to go and see Mommie, because she is such a different person. I hope she knows how much me and the kids love her, and I so miss the old Mommie. Her strength, love, and kindness growing up made me the person I am today! I am going to see the counselor tomorrow morning in Thibodaux, so I may try to go and stop see her tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteLil: Please remind her how much we love her -- everyday! Tell her that eventhough we are not there all the time doesn't mean that we don't think about her everyday!
I love u! Huggs and Kisses
Tie
i can remind her but she doesn't always remember.
ReplyDeletethere are many things i like better about her now,
she is witty, always happy, never argues....
go see her, it'll be good for you and her!
You are right Lil, our Mom has blossomed like a Mum, our Mumsie. Do you remember how much Dad used to Love to grow Mums. You know, every time I smell a Mum, I think of Dad and his hot house out back that he used to grow the most beautiful, aeormatic Mums. Don't know what made me thing about that, but anyway.......Ya'll have a great day!!!!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Tie, I was sorry to hear of you delima. Just goes to show you, you can't trust everyone, even ones who you believe in your heart are your friends. Also, wanted to let you know and the rest of the grandchildren with little ones. Mommie absolutely adores it when I bring Cameron over there. She walks down the hall way telling every one so proudly "This is one of my Great Grandchildren." and Mommie will add "she has come to have lunch with or has come to visit her favorite Mommie." Just remember all, it's not really Mommie that has changed, she has just gotten older. It's our perspective of her that has changed, she is her same old self. I don't go half as much as I should myself, but when Cameron is with me, she reminds me that "We have to go see Mommie" because Cameron loves the attention as much as Mommie loves having us there! Even if it's not for long, it's the thought and seeing your faces that makes her day, week and her life!! Food for thought and Love to all!!
Rosie
Lil, that is a great picture! Mommie has blossomed. She is awesome! I think about her every day. I know we need to go and see her more often. There is nothing as strong as a bond between a mother and child!
ReplyDeleteHere's a little piece of advice from me.. and it doesn't cost a penny..... I had a grandmother that lived across the street from me .... it took me exactly 56 steps to get from my door to hers. I know this because every Friday and Saturday night my job was to walk over there after her day sitter left and sleep the night.... my sisters slept during the week and I was the weekend kid so they go could out with their friends. The fridge was stocked with the little 7-up bottles b/c at the time that was my drink of choice.... I would cock back on the sofa and watch mid south wrestling and the late late movie and from time to time had to deliver a glass of water or (heaven forbid) a bed pan ... each day after school I would walk over for a chit chat .. I was too young to realize she was terminally ill and one day while at my other grandmothers ... she past away and I don't remember our last conversation ........... so god blessed me with another grandmother that I was able to know for 34 years... when I graduated from college I would eat lunch their daily .... after I got married I still ate lunch their daily ... for holiday dinners she would come to my parents house (and to my sisters dismay) serve me my plate and drink and dessert ... I remember my last conversation with her... we spoke about Hugh's trip to Washington D.C. and as I sat on her bed, one of the bottom boards slipped and me, the bed, and her hit the floor ..... she said I was going to kill her .. not cancer and we laughed like some fools... she died a week later and I didn't speak to her again... I saw her just about every day for her last 14 years and right now would give just about anything for another conversation .......... so people -- get off your asses and go have a conversation with Minta Collins because there will be a time when you will never ever ever have the opportunity again... and next time focus on the handsome dude in the background instead of the foreground.
ReplyDeleteVery well said Anon!!! Hind site is 20/20 except when you can see or have been told before the hind. Make it work, don't live to regret, live to remember and for others to remember. Well, that my phylosophy (sp?) for the day!! Hey, by the way, did anyone win at Bingo last night???? Ya'll have a great day!!!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Rosie
WELL SPOKEN, ANON!! YOU DID YOUR PART AND I'M SURE YOUR GRANDMOTHER LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF YOU AND YOUR SISTERS! YOU WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOUR GRANDPARENTS THAT YOU COULD REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD (BED PAN)! I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE APPLE OF MS LUCY'S AND MR G'S EYES. I CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN MS LUCY WOULD COME TO YOUR HOUSE FOR WHATEVER BIRTHDAY IT WAS YOU COULD TELL BY JUST THE WAY SHE LOOKED AT YOU. I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE LIVED LONGER TO ENJOY YOUR KIDS. I FOUND MR G LOOKED AT HUGH JOHN LIKE MS LUCY LOOKED AT YOU. FOR LUCY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY MS LUCY COULD NOT KEEP HER HANDS OFF OF HER. "HER NAMESAKE"! WONDERED WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT OWEN AND ESPECIALLY ELLEN. I HOPE I LIVE LONG ENOUGH SO THAT ALL MY GRANDKIDS REMEMBER ME LIKE YOU REMEMBER YOUR GRANDPARENTS. THAT'S WHY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I LIKE TO TAKE THEM ON A SPECIAL OUTING. THINK I'M BUYING TIME WITH THEM? YOU'RE RIGHT!!!!
ReplyDeleteL Y'LL
GRANNY