Every Wednesday I spend several hours with Mom at her new home in assisted living. Here’s a peek at what’s best about Wednesdays with Dorothy.
10. The staff at the assisted living facility is friendly to me and loving towards Mom.
9. Getting to know other residents who live there has been delightful.
8. Mom treats me to supper.
7. Mom’s favorite game is Rummikub and the primary colors on the tiles make me feel so happy.
6. Mom’s second favorite game is Uno, and when she wins she gives an evil laugh because she knows it will make me laugh, too.
5. At least once a visit, she looks around and says “I can’t believe Genworth* is paying for this” with wonder and delight.
4. Mom still has a great sense of humor. (See #6)
3. She takes great joy in looking at pictures of her great-grandchildren and showing off the cards and crafts they send.
2. When we are together on Wednesdays, I know without a doubt that I am where God wants me to be, doing what he wants me to do.
1. Mom loved and cared for me in my early years and being able to reciprocate that love and care in her last years is a gift to both of us.
*Genworth is her long term care insurance company.
Love it. So warming and full of love, honor and care.
Love this! It’s the little things that make the big memories.
Well, Dan, I had good caregiver examples in Mom and your parents.
I love your top 10 list, thanks for sharing. I’m going to smile on Wednesdays thinking about your visit with Aunt Dorthy.
I will tell Mom you said that, and we will both be smiling, too.
We love this blog post and are so pleased to hear your Mom is happy in her new assisted living facility! We hope you don’t mind, we shared this post on Genworth’s official Facebook page and Twitter handle. Thanks for posting, and here’s to many more Uno matches. 🙂
She is loving it, and we are so thankful she had the wisdom to buy her longterm insurance policy when she did!
I felt it was a privilege to care for Mom in her later years. She was a special lady as your Mom is. Daddy died when I was 10 years old and I didn’t know how poor we were until I left home. Her motto was, “I always had everything I wanted, but I knew what to want.”
Your mom sounds like a wonderful role model. I wish I could have met her.