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Oct. 30th, 2018 07:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anne_dThe last October celebration: Aged Mum is 92 today! She was born in Los Angeles and grew up here. She told me once that she and her siblings used to take the Red Car from their home in LA to the beach.
Paul and I are heading up there shortly with cake, a balloon, presents, and some groceries.
ETA: Well, we visited my mom. She was a bit out of it, but she liked her presents (a copy of I Am Maru and two pairs of Halloween socks with cats and a box of See's candy) and the cake and the aloe vera in a pumpkin flowerpot and the mylar birthday balloon. Caregiver M said AM sleeps most of the time and she isn't eating much. We agreed that if mum wants to eat cake and chocolates, she should. I told mum that it's her birthday so she can have cake and candy for all her meals if she wants.
But she reminds me of Patches in her last months. I'm afraid she's just shutting down. Yes, it's how she says she wants to go, in her own bed, but dammit.
Paul and I are heading up there shortly with cake, a balloon, presents, and some groceries.
ETA: Well, we visited my mom. She was a bit out of it, but she liked her presents (a copy of I Am Maru and two pairs of Halloween socks with cats and a box of See's candy) and the cake and the aloe vera in a pumpkin flowerpot and the mylar birthday balloon. Caregiver M said AM sleeps most of the time and she isn't eating much. We agreed that if mum wants to eat cake and chocolates, she should. I told mum that it's her birthday so she can have cake and candy for all her meals if she wants.
But she reminds me of Patches in her last months. I'm afraid she's just shutting down. Yes, it's how she says she wants to go, in her own bed, but dammit.
