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My parents, brother, and I went to my grandmom's house for dinner tonight. I stopped on my way home from work to get my grandmom a bouquet of flowers cause i knew it would brighten up her day (and her house). Of course she loves them and goes on and on about them as i'm trimming the stems to put them in a vase. "what did i do to deserve these?" she says. She's cute.
15 minutes later we're sitting at the dinner table with the bouquet of flowers sitting in the center. my grandmom turns to my mom... "where did those flowers come from?"
and i reach down under the table and pick my heart up off the floor. My other grandparents died when I was five so I've always appreaciated that i've been able to make more lasting memories with my grandmom.... but it really sucks watching people get old.
aside from the flower thing (cause hey, at least i made her happy for a few minutes... even if she doesn't remember they're from me) her feet are swollen. Why? from what we figure it's because she took two days worth of pills in one day. For months it's been like pulling teeth trying to get her to remember to take her pills three times a day. Now all of a sudden she remembers to take them... twice. Bad! We keep her pills in one of those little handy boxes that has all the days of the week on it, you know? only problem is she never knows what day it is. pretty much every day of the week she gets dressed for church. it's just really sad.
15 minutes later we're sitting at the dinner table with the bouquet of flowers sitting in the center. my grandmom turns to my mom... "where did those flowers come from?"
and i reach down under the table and pick my heart up off the floor. My other grandparents died when I was five so I've always appreaciated that i've been able to make more lasting memories with my grandmom.... but it really sucks watching people get old.
aside from the flower thing (cause hey, at least i made her happy for a few minutes... even if she doesn't remember they're from me) her feet are swollen. Why? from what we figure it's because she took two days worth of pills in one day. For months it's been like pulling teeth trying to get her to remember to take her pills three times a day. Now all of a sudden she remembers to take them... twice. Bad! We keep her pills in one of those little handy boxes that has all the days of the week on it, you know? only problem is she never knows what day it is. pretty much every day of the week she gets dressed for church. it's just really sad.