Moving

  • Aging Parents,  Assisted Living,  Mom,  Moving

    The Move that Never Ends, To be Continued

    Welcome to Part I of the never ending journey. Moods are lighthearted here as we pack and get ready for this move but we have no idea what is in store and what is to come. Mom is quiet and here in this part of the move, not really giving us much direction, but letting us lead. She refused to use the blue tape to indicate what she had a desire to take so that proper decisions could be made. It’s really hard to pack for other people’s move. But even more challenging to deal with what was unpacked for the move, especially when the person had no input while…

  • Aging Parents,  Assisted Living,  Change,  Mom,  Moving

    Traveling to a Wedding and Detailed Planning of Mom’s Move

    Saturday, May 30 We attended a beautiful wedding Saturday of my nieces. It was an outside wedding. I was fearful it would rain, and it did, but mainly just all around and not in the spot where they were getting married. You could see the thunderheads in the distance. We had Mom with us. And I knew that the trip itself would be very difficult for her but we did it. Above is her grandmother corsage. We took both her walker and wheel chair and we actually needed both. Mom did a great job of packing. I had reminded her of what all to pack in case she forgot anything.…