{"id":9616,"date":"2016-08-12T00:05:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2016-08-07T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T20:27:25","slug":"geranium-whispers-on-a-fantastic-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/geranium-whispers-on-a-fantastic-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Geranium Whispers on a Fantastic Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-525.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1906\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-525.png\" alt=\"Change, rain-kissed geraniums, and the sorrow of Alzheimer's in this week's Fantastic Friday offering.\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-525.png 700w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-525-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-525-500x285.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><em>This Friday&#8217;s post from July of 2009 was selected for two reasons. First, it shows how much life has changed in the last 7 years. Second, I love this picture. Rarely does this geranium plant produce such a perfect bloom and even more rarely are the blossoms so beautifully rain-kissed. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Geranium Whispers<\/h2>\n<p>On this rainy Friday morning, I bustled around the house, opening window shades. The clouds were thick and the house was gloomy, so I eagerly coaxed the weak light that penetrated the clouds inside for a visit.<\/p>\n<p>When I opened the shades to the patio, the blossoms of an heirloom geranium took my breath away. Mom gave me the plant over a year ago, when she still lived in her own home and had no idea she would soon break up housekeeping. Decades before her mother, Josephine Newell Hess, had given her a slip from the plant her mother, Cora Rose Newell, had given her a slip from in the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p>Had Mom waited one more winter, it might have been too late to pass on the plant and the history behind it. In the past twelve months, Alzheimer\u2019s has taken its relentless toll on her memory, stamina, and abilities. Our daily phone calls get shorter and shorter as she finds it increasingly difficult to hold up her end of a conversation. She still loves to read and do crossword puzzles, but has no interest in visiting friends or going new places. Quilting and jigsaw puzzles confuse her. She can\u2019t make decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly but surely, Alzheimer\u2019s is turning my steely, determined mother into a soft, hesitant whisper of a woman. But this morning, when I opened the shade and those bright red blossoms waved at me, they comforted me and reminded me that all is not lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s with you,\u201d they whispered. \u201cShe\u2019s right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks,\u201d I said, and then I waved back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday&#8217;s post from July of 2009 was selected for two reasons. First, it shows how much life has changed in the last 7 years. Second, I love this picture. Rarely does this geranium plant produce such a perfect bloom and even more rarely are the blossoms so beautifully rain-kissed. Enjoy! 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