So stinkin' cute!

My Mom is so stinkin' cute! When I first started being my Mom's person almost 2 years ago I looked forward to the day when she knew I was her person and I do think it is here for sure. I have felt it for a long time but now it is different because I know that she knows it too.

Our relationship with me as her person started with the look that said ...
I will be polite but do not start acting like we really know each other.

And then it goes like this ...
Ok, you look familiar and best I can remember you were nice enough last time I saw you.

We advance to this ...
I am having issues, you may be my last hope!

Then finally ...
Oh there you are, all is right in my world!

There is something about the peace that comes over her face when I come into view that is ahhh-mazing! There is just no way I can feel frustrated with her for anything when I see that look! (And as we know she can be a toot sometimes) I am still not positive she remembers from time to time that I am her daughter but that is ok!

I do have a hard time when she gets into the chattering a lot! MOST of the time, as long as she is using her inside voice, I am okay with it, because I think she is talking in her own way. But sometimes it goes on and on and on, thank goodness not often though. Most of the time it starts in her sleep as if she is having a dream!

Mom is doing pretty well overall. We have conversations ... granted all she can give are one word, maybe two word, responses. But she totally follows what is being talked about. She has opinions, she enjoys the dogs but she does not hesitate to fuss at them when they get rowdy. Or tonight when I was telling her I would get her medicine and then we would get ready for bed. I wait for a response, I like to keep her participating in the conversations. OK? I said, silence ... OK? silence ... I am going to get your pudding and then we will go to bed, OK? Finally she said with sarcasm, OOOOOOOKAAAAAY! Some things never change right? Sometimes I have doubts if Mom even has Alzheimer's and her aphasia is being mistaken as ALZ. Or maybe it is because usually she is only in her room at night, the rest of the time she is up and about with us. Maybe that is keeping her from zoning out. It is so hard to tell! If she could talk I think her diagnosis would be different.