Holding my breath

Day 4--fourth full day...and things are going really well. Greg, the eternal pessimist, counsels me not to hold my breath...that things were good at the beginning with my mom as well. Perhaps there is wisdom to his counsel. However, I am not inclined to think like that. I am not Grandma's daughter. She doesn't feel that motherhood responsibility. She doesn't feel like I owe her something or that she needs to correct me. My poor mother. Issues from childhood are so influential in a person's life. It really is amazing.

Today, when I awoke, Grandma was also awake. She had helped herself to the commode twice in the night...without waking me. It truly is amazing how much she can do by herself. I helped her with her morning routine: cleaned out her commode, made her bed (today was Saturday so I washed the sheets), helped her to the bathroom, changed her depends and her clothes and fixed something for her to eat for breakfast. After she was fairly settled for the morning, Charlie and Gwen and I went out to find garage sale treasures. We were late for such endeavors (10 am) but I did find a few things I liked, including a white lamp for Gwen's future bedroom and some good clothes for me. We also went to Wal-Mart and returned some items and then went shopping for some things we needed at the house. When my mom was here, she and Greg cleaned the windows so Grandma would have a better view and she advised me to get Ammonia. I got that and a phone that Grandma could have in her room and a few more items we needed. Greg was ready for us to get home at noon. However, shortly after we arrived, he had to leave to clean a house he recently built to ready it for an open house this next week. He is such a dear with Grandma. He helped her watch the video of herself being interviewed for a film about her older sister, Susie and then "On Golden Pond". Charlie, Grandma, Gwen and I went to the library and Grandma was able to get a lot of movies that I think she will enjoy including Little Women, Journey of Natty Gann, Tuck Everlasting and some other good ones. She also got some sequels to Anne of Green Gables. While at my mom's, she finished Anne of Green Gables and wants to keep reading.