Tomorrow I leave for a trip to southern Illinois. Only this time, when I return on Monday, my 87-year-old mom will be returning on the 200 mile trip with me to southern Indiana.
She will be moving to an assisted living facility about 10 min from our house. She's never lived away from "home" so I assured her that if she can't adapt to this she has the option of returning home. I was shocked when about a week later in talking with her on the phone she told me she doesn't plan to return to Illinois. It appears she is mentally processing the fact that she needs to be cared for and closer to me.
I am excited to think she will be so close. We've lived apart for so many years, starting in 1973 when she and my dad moved from our home in southern California to retire in their native Illinois.
I realize this is going to be a new stage in my life and for my husband and adult daughter who lives at home with us. I foresee I will be "dropping by" to check on or assist my mom several times a week. And my life these days is already very full - working full time takes a lot more out of me than it used to.
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