Kindness

Friday, June 3, 2016

Ailene poured a glass of water for mom.  Mom seemed anxious that Ailene was going to spill, but it was okay.

Jackie showed us a photo of her daughter and grandchild.  There was a short video of her grandchild singing Baa Baa Black Sheep in the bathtub.  We passed around the smartphone to see the video.

Jackie collected flowers from neighbourhood gardens to adorn their dining table.

Jackie noticed that mom ate her dessert halfway through her meal.

Although mom enjoyed her lasagne and garlic toast, she only ate about half of her meal and all her sherbert.  I pointed out to mom that everyone had eaten all their lasagne, but mom said she wasn't hungry.  She also seemed concerned about the size of her stomach which indeed seemed quite round.
Mom likes to drink milk and apple juice.  Donna likes to drink coffee.

Jackie called Diane over to our table.  Diane is the hairdresser.  For some reason, Diane prefers to cut hair on Tuesdays when mom gets her hair washed.  I prefer Friday because mom could use a hair wash by then.  But her hair does seem to get less oily now.

At the horse races, tonight, mom's team won 3 times.  She got 3 chocolates which we shared.  Last time mom put the chocolate in her pocket and it melted so this time I kept them.

Mom likes to roll the number 6, so I think I will choose 6 to be her horse for now on.

After the horse races we went for a walk to the dog park.  The weather was great.  There was a slight breeze, but mom and Donna had light jackets and didn't complain.  Donna was concerned about forgetting her sunglasses.  She did mention them, but I thought it would be fine because it was after 6:30 in the evening.  I reported to the nurses station that I was taking mom and Donna to the dog park.  The doors were already locked when we got back just before 7:00 p.m. so we had to cut through the staff room.

Hot chocolate is served at 7:00 p.m.  Donna and mom enjoy this.  Tonight we sat with Anna and Santa.  Anna is very boisterous.  Santa is very quiet, but she is alert.  She may be the most intellectually intact in the group.