a YouTube video

May 10, 2008

I took this video of my mom earlier this evening. Not sure that I'll leave

it up on my YouTube space for more than a few days even though I recorded

her from the back for her privacy, and the lady in the background isn't

really in focus...anyway I'd asked her to play Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man o'

Mine - one of my favorites - and she played some of it, and then her soul

took over and she just played the music that came out, improvising as she

went.

This afternoon she had called me, upset and depressed because her life was

over and she didn't want to live anymore if she was losing her mind and had

to live " in an institution " . We talked for a few minutes, then it was

cigarette time so she left. This evening when I went to see her she was in

a much better state of mind, and was repeatedly happy when I told her that

my sister and her husband, and their little girls, and their twin

grandbabies would be coming to see her tomorrow afternoon for Mother's Day.

Because she kept forgetting, she got delighted all over again when I told

her about it 10 minutes later. That was cool, that she could hear it for

the first time and have a happy response, so often .

His,

Sherry

May 11, 2008

My compliments to you Sherry!!! How clever you are. Your mother's talents

shine out beautifully for all her troubles. You are a great daughter to

care so much for her and do all you can to help her cope and adjust to her

new surroundings. Leona

Leona: Caregiver for husband Ray, age 67, diagnosed 2/04 with Parkinson's

Disease. Changed doctors, diagnosed 6/06 with LBD. Almost continual downhill

slide no matter what drugs we try. 5/2/08 Ray was placed in Sunrise Nursing

Home in Oswego, NY, 45 minutes from home. So far, so good! Hardest thing I

have ever done in my life, however.

There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot

break, though the footsteps may roam. Eliza Cook

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