Good times. Good Days
Here’s the deal mom… Something seemed to finally sink in when I reminded mom that she did still have some choices and that was to her advantage. I also made it clear that if she moved into Garden Villas and it didn’t work out after – giving it a try – then she would still be able to move back home. She wouldn’t really know until she tried it. We didn’t have to keep calling it The Last Resort.
For me, time was running out because I knew I was scheduled to leave Kansas on Friday. The day before I left mom and I made the much anticipated re-visit to Garden Villas. A chance for mom to see the actual apartment I had been looking at and the very one I like to picture her living in.
The apartment still has the furnishings of the current occupant but she is in rehab and will not be returning to live there. Hopefully it will be available for mom in the next couple of months. I think it was helpful for mom to see what it looked like with the current tenants furniture and belongings in it. When we left she didn’t say much but I got a strong feeling that she liked what she saw. The big Ahah for me was when she said she thought her bed might be too big for the space and that maybe she needed a smaller one. She was already starting the decorating!
Mixing the soil. Perfect view of the curls.
It went as well as I could have dreamed and now the next couple of months I will be subtly guide mom toward and through this transition to keep it alive in her thoughts. I dream of the day she begins to get excited about it. Meanwhile she must to stay safe and healthy in her home as we move along a little further..
Planting the petunias. A chance to get a partial view of the new shoes. Yes, she does need new socks.
It was nice for mom to have some fun after being dragged into paces and agreements she was being pretty much forced to participate in. I bought some petunias and mom got into some gardening which is one of her favorite things to do. It’s limited but it was wonderful to see her lost in the joy of gardening. Now every time she is in the kitchen she is greeted by the petunias and they are at the top of the steps so she can water them as needed.