Well, our mama has made the move to an assisted living home and boy was it a rough and busy week! First of all, on Monday afternoon, her sitter quit on us, so we were frantically trying to figure out who was going to stay with her for the few days until we moved her. (We knew we were moving her on Friday of last week.) Well, the director of the home said that we could move her on Thursday, but a few things would not be ready, such as the cabinets being refaced and a deadbolt on the door. I immediately made plans to be off Thursday to start packing her up. One of my brothers had the flu and another one was out of town. So the two that were in town were planning on coming on their lunch hr. to move what little furniture she would need to fit in her studio apartment. I get an email on Wednesday from my sweet sister in law, Tammy, saying that she would take off and help me if I needed help. I was so thankful for her that day, I really don't think I could've done it without her! She took Mama to get her hair done while I went on to P.C. to finish up on paper work I needed to do. And she packed up two or three boxes of mama's things when they got back from the beauty shop. When I got back, the boys were there to load up the furniture, so Tammy and I took the things already boxed up out there to see what else we would need to take when we went back to get mama. We ended up spending more time than we thought we would, so she went to WalMart to buy some of the things on our list and I went to Corley's to turn in all of mama's meds so they could package them up for P.C. and to get us all some lunch. When I got to mama's, we ate and waited on Tammy to get back from WalMart and I packed all of mama's clothes to take with us.
When Tammy got back and finished eating, we loaded mama in the car and headed out to her new home. As we walked in sitting on the sofa visiting, was Jean Patton and Mrs. Marion Davis (a resident) so we told mama to just sit right there so that Tammy and I could go in her room and get it all fixed up for her before she went in. We had lots of pictures to hang, shower curtain to put up, etc. When we were finally done, we called her in and it was like Christmas to her. She was so excited and couldn't say enough about how good everything looked! We stayed with her for about an hour after that. Tammy left first, then about 15 minutes later, I decided it was time for me to leave. (I believe it was one of the hardest things I have ever done!!) I bent down beside her to say a prayer over her before I left. As I began to pray, I lost it and couldn't say a word. Well, my sweet, sweet mama just took over and said the sweetest prayer over ME, asking the Lord to give me the strength to let go and allow Him to look after her!! I will hold that precious moment in my heart forever!!
Well, I have been out there everyday since Thursday, and everytime I see her, she is smiling and laughing and having a good time. I know we made the right decision in doing this. It was just one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. The only snafu we have run into so far is that at first we took a twin bed because her room is so small. Well she slept on it Thursday night with no problems, but she said she almost fell out of it on Friday night!! So, Joel and Josh (his soon to be son-in-law), changed out the twin bed with a full size bed. She slept like a baby last night, she said!!
