Commandeer

Along with mom's cellphone, I've also commandeered her iPad and most electronic communications with it. This is actually a very strange and unexpected part of "the process" because I don't want to be violating my mother's privacy (which I'm taking very careful steps not to do) but ensuring that I'm responding to as many people who reach out to her as I can via text, email, Facebook, you name it. Again, I apologize if I don't answer everyone...there are several times during our days here where Bob and I don't have any free hands. This is where we find the blog to be the most useful to keep family and friends updated :)

So, not to get too sidetracked, but as I was looking through pictures on mom's iPad, I found some of these images that for some people might be considered sort of social media spam. I wanted to share them because they were recent "saves" in her album which I assume means that she found her own meaning in them and helped her stay positive. I want to share it here because 1) they do give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, and 2) there is no reason to wait for someone to tell you you only have X months to live for you to start living your life as you always dreamed of (seriously people, don't wait).

For all those who wonder, mom is slowly making her way home. We are making sure she is very comfortable and every so often she will wake up, but the alertness level is declining. She speaks infrequently and at a whisper. We are keeping visits to a minimum, but when folks send their love we certainly tell her. Today we listened to The Sound of Music soundtrack and she was able to sit outside for a little and look out at the pool and garden that is now in full bloom with her roses.