whatta nice day! keeping all things normal, we celebrated with our big meal at 12noon. i was fearful that dad would get too tired if we did this later in the day-- would go to sleep very early then rise in time for the mall's opening at 4am. thankfully the plan worked and other than enjoying everyone's company at noontime, dad's schedule has stayed right where it supposed to be.
gotta hand it to the folks at bob evans-- they put out quite a nice spread! following the instructions was a piece of cake that took me away from here only 2 hours. everything was delicious and thanks to hubby's planning, plenty of leftovers for both houses.
my boys and hubby's daughter each went to their respective "other" parents houses after our meal-- and we heard from oldest daughter visiting with boyfriends family in valpo... making the day complete for me.
there are times i wish i had a tape recorder on me to capture some of dad's moments... tonight he had an interesting one about the barn. mom played along so well-- gold star for her!! when dad was satisfied i understood what he wanted to get across, mom said his face and shoulders relaxed so he could immediately go about his way. i was busy making him turkey sandwiches and simply replied as i normally would so i missed seeing what mom did.
when dad left the room, i asked mom if she wrote all the instructions down for me cuz i sorta missed what i was supposed to do.... she burst out laughing and we've been chuckling about this ever since. those moments of dad's are so precious to me.... as sad as they are, they simply make my day when we get thru them.
god bless.
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Glad you had a good day. Hold on to those precious moments with dad. They make for wonderful memories.
I agree with Lori, hold on to those memories with a smile! I'm glad you had a good day!
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