A week ago yesterday mom
was
discharged from the hospital
A
week ago yesterday I
drove her home – her actual house.
She
wanted me to take her
to the one in her mind.
A
week ago yesterday I drove
her
to my house where we waited
for
Nate (my nephew) to come
get
her and take her
to
her real home.
A
week ago she was
still
distorted and not
satisfied
with where she was.
A
week ago today my
brother
Patrick and his son-in-law
Nate
moved some of mom’s furniture.
A
week ago today my sister-in-law
Sunny
and our friend Becky
helped
pack clothes.
A
week ago today
unbeknownst
to my mom,
she
spent her last day
in
the house where she started
a
new life with dad and raised all
four
of her children.
A
week ago today my
sister
Kayla took my mom
to
the doctor.
A
week ago today, Patrick and
Sunny
and their daughter Ellen
rearranged
mom’s furniture and
decorated
her walls.
A
week ago today Kayla drove mom
from
the doctor’s office to what
appears
to be her permanent home.
A
week ago today (well tonight) mom
spent
her first night in
the
assisted living community.
A
week ago tomorrow my
brother
Corey arrived at Salt Lake airport.
A
week ago tomorrow Sunny picked
him
up from the airport and
drove
him to the house where
he
had been raised.
A
week ago tomorrow my
mother
received visits from each
of
her kids and some
of
the grandchildren.
A
week ago today mom expressed
to
each of us that she didn’t/doesn’t
want
to stay and for her desire for
each
of us to take her home.
There
are photos taped around
the
mirror. Mom had taped them
there
herself. They are her photos. She
has
fond memories of each one –
perhaps
some more than others. Some
of
them have been removed. She has
taken
them off the mirror and put
them
into her purse so that she will
have
them when she gets to leave –
and
return to the house that exists in
her
mind but doesn’t
have
an address for.
Yesterday Corey cancelled his
flight and rented a truck
Today he'll pick up the truck and
fill it with things that are his as
well as my moms.
Tomorrow he will drive
back to Las Vegas
Yesterday Corey cancelled his
flight and rented a truck
Today he'll pick up the truck and
fill it with things that are his as
well as my moms.
Tomorrow he will drive
back to Las Vegas
kfralc
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