Today, well actually it started yesterday, mom decided she left her black purse at "that little house down the road". She kept asking me to call and ask that lady if she left her black purse there. I told her that her purse was back in her room. "No, I'm talking about another one, it's a little bigger than that one. Won't you call and ask about it? Ok, I will check. change conversation. A few hours later, same thing all over again. We went through this several times. Later she went to use the restroom, which is directly across the hall from her bedroom, when she came out of the restroom she saw her purse in her room. She said, Linda is this my purse from that house/ I said yes, I decided it was best to go along with the fantasy. She said good. She asked me to bring it to her and she proceeded to go through it to see if anything was missing. She found her little Bible that she keeps in it and she commented that , they left my Bible. A little later she found $17, she said well, I guess there are still some honest people in the world :) She is now arguing with me..She says that I'm saying that she is crazy, and I'm saying that just being older that her mind is not working good. She said " I went to school, I learned some things, if my mind isn't working then I'm crazy. I'm saying that she is just addlepated !
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Mom's black purse
Today, well actually it started yesterday, mom decided she left her black purse at "that little house down the road". She kept asking me to call and ask that lady if she left her black purse there. I told her that her purse was back in her room. "No, I'm talking about another one, it's a little bigger than that one. Won't you call and ask about it? Ok, I will check. change conversation. A few hours later, same thing all over again. We went through this several times. Later she went to use the restroom, which is directly across the hall from her bedroom, when she came out of the restroom she saw her purse in her room. She said, Linda is this my purse from that house/ I said yes, I decided it was best to go along with the fantasy. She said good. She asked me to bring it to her and she proceeded to go through it to see if anything was missing. She found her little Bible that she keeps in it and she commented that , they left my Bible. A little later she found $17, she said well, I guess there are still some honest people in the world :) She is now arguing with me..She says that I'm saying that she is crazy, and I'm saying that just being older that her mind is not working good. She said " I went to school, I learned some things, if my mind isn't working then I'm crazy. I'm saying that she is just addlepated !
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That photo is priceless! I love how everyone is cracking up while your mom, probably the one with the best sense of humor of all, looks so serious. Even your dad looks like he's trying to hold back a big chuckle.
ReplyDeletePS - Tell Grandma that while the $17 in her purse is a good find, it will take a lot more than $17 to bribe me to come take her back "home".
Linda, my mom is 91, also addlepated and wants to go home. I have a friend who lives with her mom (in her mom's house) and she wants to go home too. I wonder if home is just some place where things aren't so confusing?
ReplyDeleteThe purse story is awesome. I think it's better to go along sometimes. Laura has a "go along" story from a time she spent the night with our grandma Martin. Grandma Martin was showing a lot of signs related to alzheimers or dementia, which we later found out were symptoms of the brain tumors they found. Anyway, Laura spent the night with grandma and the next morning grandma couldn't remember making her breakfast. Instead of being honest with grandma, Laura just went along and grandmas ended up making her three different breakfasts! And Laura ate them!!
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