January 8, 2011 Two good days in a row!!

  Can you believe it, only two weeks ago it was Christmas Day?  It kind of feels like it was 5 months ago to me.  Today Mom slept a little longer than usual but, was ready to get out of bed instead of lying there and doing her thing.  She seemed to enjoy her foot rub and leg stretches and then her back rub.  Maybe I should choose a new career - naw don't want to rub old, fat, hairy men ( whoops, sorry if I offended anyone out there). Anyway back to Martha and hopefully blot that awful vision from my memory, off we went to do the bath thing which went really well.  There are days when she will do her own "scrubbing" and days where she is more than happy to have me do it.  Today was one of those days.  The new medicine really works well, 99%  of the time.  I give her 1/4 of a normal dosage and only give it to her once a day compared to the suggested 6 times a day.  I want Mom to enjoy what life she has left with the best quality that she can have.  I don't want her to be a zombie like she would be if she were in a nursing home. She ate a good meal for her but, it takes her an hour or so to do it.  I usually have at least two cups of tea while she eats.  If I leave the table then she thinks she's done and will try to leave the table.  One of the cute Martha sayings tonight was, "I'll grab the baby and run", she said this when I was taking the dog outside.  I'll tell you, I hurried and got the dog outside very quickly.  Oh yeah, she was still in the house when I returned!  We were standing in the living room this afternoon and out of the blue she said,"Junior was in the army" to which I asked, "He was?, and said, "Yes he was".  How that mind works!!   Well, she sat and watched Scooby Doo with me for awhile, and I want you all to know that she liked it, she laughed a few times, see we have the same tastes in cartoons!  Scooby ROCKS!!  She was looking at the Pennysaver and some magazines while I cleaned out a bag of desk stuff that hadn't gotten organized and put away since my move.  One less thing to have to deal with.  After looking at the magazines she fell asleep sitting on the couch.  I went to get her off the couch and she acted like she was all limp and then looked at me and laughed.  Then when I got her up she was still holding my hands and started to swing them back and forth like we were dancing without our feet moving, the feet movement came as we were walking down the hall.  What a precious little lady she is.  I cherish every hug and kiss that I get from her.  I'm filing them into my memory so I can pull them out and savor them when she's gone.  When I got her into bed and kissed her I turned out her light and turned  the baby monitor on.  I could hear her singing away.  After a few minutes I could hear her light snoring.  So ends another happy day in the Martha/Bonnie household.  Oh yes, I want all of you to know that Stacie will posting your Honoring Martha thoughts.  Please be patient we have decided to do one a day and will do it in the order in which she receives them.  The ones that have been posted have touched my heart.  We have an incredible family and our common bond seems to be Mom.  If she would be allowed to see and understand what is going on in this blog she would be honored.  I  know she would roll her eyes and say something very humble.  She never realized what an amazing lady she was.  I would love to stand next to her in heaven when God hands out her rewards, wow.  But even more, I want to be there when she lovingly and humbling hands them back to the Jesus she has loved and served for so long.