A Smile Goes a Long Way
It's amazing what a natural smile can do. I'm sure you've heard all those sayings about giving a smile away, sharing a smile with someone, etc....I have to tell you, today, it happened to me. I was the one who received the smile and it has totally put me above the clouds.
I had to get mom up early this morning to go in for a chest x-ray (another story, another time). She was so sound asleep, I hated to wake her. It was cold all through the house, as is when you have hardwood floors, and she was snuggled up in her blankets and you could tell, was not ready to start morning.
However, I had to do what I had to do, and waking her up was the task at hand.
So, I pulled back the window cover and called to her. After several efforts, with no welcome response, I was beginning to rethink the whole idea of taking her in today for this x-ray. Went to the other room to mull over the idea of putting it off till Wednesday, just when I heard her talking.
Went back to her room , to find her working hard to get herself into a sitting position and get out of bed. I was like, "ok then, let's go!" She looked up at me, smiled and the first thing she said was how pretty my skirt was. (since when does she notice what I'm wearing). Well, she did today, and the floral print caught her eye and I caught her smile. We did the whole bathroom routine, got her dressed, were on our way, and she was as spry as a.....well, you know.
At the hospital, we went through the whole routine, signing in, going down to x-ray, more registering, then into the x-ray room. Having to take off her nice warm pullover and put on a gown, position her in front of a hard plastic board, and try to get her to understand she pretty much needed to make that board her friend and hug it...hehe...then a sideview, then we were done.
No complaints from her, no whining. She was an absolute doll. I stopped to put fuel in my car on the way back home, with another sidetrip to the carwash.
She was still ok. Stopped for coffee, then went home.
She was so "with it" this morning. And if you know my mom, you know being "with it", doesn't happen all that often anymore.
At home, we changed her top to something a little bit cooler (the sun was starting to show signs of a plan to be out all day), helped her to her favorite rocker, then gave her that loved cup of hot coffee. There was no tearing it away from the death grip she had on it either. Too heck with the lemon cake I bought her to go with it.
I kissed her goodbye, as I had to work. She still had that smile. And I felt it all the way through my soul. I didn't my vente latte full of caffeine to be up today, mom had already lifted me there with her smile.
About my mom, truly, it doesn't matter how old she gets, my mom has the beautiful, warming, loving smile you've ever seen.
And today.........................that smile is going a very long way............God love her!
I had to get mom up early this morning to go in for a chest x-ray (another story, another time). She was so sound asleep, I hated to wake her. It was cold all through the house, as is when you have hardwood floors, and she was snuggled up in her blankets and you could tell, was not ready to start morning.
However, I had to do what I had to do, and waking her up was the task at hand.
So, I pulled back the window cover and called to her. After several efforts, with no welcome response, I was beginning to rethink the whole idea of taking her in today for this x-ray. Went to the other room to mull over the idea of putting it off till Wednesday, just when I heard her talking.
Went back to her room , to find her working hard to get herself into a sitting position and get out of bed. I was like, "ok then, let's go!" She looked up at me, smiled and the first thing she said was how pretty my skirt was. (since when does she notice what I'm wearing). Well, she did today, and the floral print caught her eye and I caught her smile. We did the whole bathroom routine, got her dressed, were on our way, and she was as spry as a.....well, you know.
At the hospital, we went through the whole routine, signing in, going down to x-ray, more registering, then into the x-ray room. Having to take off her nice warm pullover and put on a gown, position her in front of a hard plastic board, and try to get her to understand she pretty much needed to make that board her friend and hug it...hehe...then a sideview, then we were done.
No complaints from her, no whining. She was an absolute doll. I stopped to put fuel in my car on the way back home, with another sidetrip to the carwash.
She was still ok. Stopped for coffee, then went home.
She was so "with it" this morning. And if you know my mom, you know being "with it", doesn't happen all that often anymore.
At home, we changed her top to something a little bit cooler (the sun was starting to show signs of a plan to be out all day), helped her to her favorite rocker, then gave her that loved cup of hot coffee. There was no tearing it away from the death grip she had on it either. Too heck with the lemon cake I bought her to go with it.
I kissed her goodbye, as I had to work. She still had that smile. And I felt it all the way through my soul. I didn't my vente latte full of caffeine to be up today, mom had already lifted me there with her smile.
About my mom, truly, it doesn't matter how old she gets, my mom has the beautiful, warming, loving smile you've ever seen.
And today.........................that smile is going a very long way............God love her!
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