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It was tough, but I was able to snap some pictures over the Thanksgiving holiday. Tough to find any time between the eating and the sleeping.
My sons played lots of card games while we were at my in laws house last week. Yes, they are actually getting along and smiling at each other!
My husband and son at the nursing home where my husband’s grandmother lives.
My sons and my nephew at the nursing home. Their great grandma loves to hear my boys play the piano, so they always do when we visit.
Ok, I know I already posted a piano picture, but this is just my boys, and doesn’t it make your heart happy to see 2 brothers sitting this close, willingly, without punching each other? It does mine. Hopefully I’ll see more displays of brotherly love tolerance before next Thanksgiving. A mom can hope.
Isn’t it great how excited my son gets when I take his picture? His big smile and happy face, just great. Not.
My husband’s grandma has been in the nursing home for several years. I have so many great memories of her from the past 19 years that I’ve know that family. It wasn’t that long ago that she was giving me advice when I had my babies. She got such a kick of my sons when they were little. She barely remembers them now. We have to keep reminding her who we are the whole time we’re there. She did remember my husband this time. It’s been a gradual decline, but still hard for everyone to watch.
One of my big regrets about moving away 9 1/2 years ago is that we haven’t been able to visit her as often as we’d like. She’s been a big part of my kids lives, they grew up around her and one thing they don’t complain about is going to visit her in the nursing home. She’s a lovely woman. I shouldn’t get sad when I think of her, she’s been a blessing and a gift to so many of us. But I miss her, even when we’re with her.
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mary on December 4th, 2008 9:08 am
What great shots. I love how the holidays always turn siblings into friends!
I know how hard it is with your husband’s grandmother. My own grandparents went down that same road of decline in a nursing home. It was devestating to see two people who were like the King and Queen in my eyes basically deteriorate right in front of us. I wish her the best.
Sheri on December 4th, 2008 6:48 pm
Thank you Mary. It is very hard to watch the decline, and even more so because we don’t see her often. The changes seem so dramatic when we only see her a few times a year.
Karen R on December 4th, 2008 10:09 pm
Your dh and sons are super cute! Nursing homes can be so depressing. How sweet of your boys to play the piano for their Great Grandmother.