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Super women took a nose dive into the ground. She hit with such force she was buried for weeks. A heavy equipment operator was called in by God. He dug till he found her. She was still breathing but emotionally frail.
He took one look at her and he felt something he has never felt before. So when God said take care of her and love her......he did. He tried to walk away but couldn't....God filled him with an abundance of all the qualities he already possessed and said use these now to help her grow to her full potential as one day you will need what she has to give......
So he put her on a pedestal and kept her dusted and polished for years. Everyday he would polish and shine her and gave her everything he had inside as God instructed.
As the years slowly passed........and she shined like the brightest star in the sky......(He did an awesome job).....but now he was slowly losing himself.
She asked God with tears in her eyes " where is he going?" God said "he is going back to where he first came. It's a long hard journey and he needs you to help him get there safely."
I will give you an abundance of all you need to help him on his journey back to me, for that is where he came from.
So to those who ask why? Because I believe in fairy tales...He is my knight in shining armor...... He literally guarded me with his life.....
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Tommy has been a busy boy!!!!!! He lent a helping hand to a neighbor who was struggling with putting in a small dock... In return he borrowed Tom his little "bobcat".....
What sounded like a small reasonable little job to the ears of the listener was mixed up in translation from the mind of Tom Olson which did not calculate to have the same meaning in the end?
In a short time Tom had our yard tore up from one end to the other.... He moved the deer stand a substantial amount by backing into it and wasn't even aware till later that night when I told him.....He tore out tree stumps, dug a ditch, leveled some uneven ground, tore up sod and moved a few big rocks......
He returned the cat with a tore up bucket. OOOPS! Did I mention when he was helping this poor old soul with his dock... Tom dropped the guys chain saw in the lake... Tom laughed and said he didn't do it on purpose.
Some body is logging down our road now so that will occupy him for the time being.... He already offered to run their "equipment"......... But they said they have plenty of guys to keep busy. Than he chuckled and admitted he had no clue how to run these new ones but he looked like he'd have fun figuring it out......
It won't be long and bear baiting will begin.... He is always out and about checking on everybody than... Most are aware of Tom's condition and are good with him....That should keep him busy till bird season..... I Hope! : )
Last week a couple of our Granddaughters came for a visit... "Britt and Abby" Gramps has been pretty mellow lately so we all decided to take the opportunity and "r u n" with it..... He also was surprised at how mellow he's been feeling.
He even got down on the floor with the girls to play.... And the youngest "Taylor" noticed he was different and played with him too. She is normally terrified of him.
I only mention this as most people don't realize how Alzheimer's effects the entire family..... We are no longer part of the family functions, we are no longer the center of all holidays, we are no longer participating grandparents, we are no longer ......
We live in our woods, with our animals, some wild, some domestic. Occasionally someone pops out for a visit........BUT we stay busy. We don't have a time table and I write the day, month and year on a board on the fridge as he is always asking. When he asks what year it is.... it's a little disturbing in a scary kind of way.
Some become withdrawn.. unsociable. The world moves too fast and doesn't give them time to digest it.... Talk too fast and all he hears is a bunch of noise... loud noises are startling and upsetting. A child's sweet laughter is considered one of those noises.... Music to my ears but not to his anymore.
So it was a big deal that the girls got to spend a few days with us.....
They picked wild flowers but only one still had their bouquet by the time we found water...... Okay part of her flowers.... We had flowers in our hair and petals every where.
The littlest one Abby, cut her little finger on a wild rose bush..... Her little finger is so small I could wrap the littlest band-aid in the box twice around her finger.....
Than we made chocolate chip cookies...... Abby likes to bake.... Brit likes to eat them..... So that
all worked out fin
e.... No squabbling for sure.
But we were missing a band-aid when we were done... That's okay because I found it ....... I was pretty sure were didn't put anything "chewy" in the cookies...... The girls thought that was pretty funny... Ol' Granny chewing on a band-aid......
The girls thought it was cool to watch our ducks, deer, squirrels and all the other birds come in, in the evening, Grampa and Abby were naming them.... Then they would try to remember what they named them.....
Sleeping arrangements? Well the girls wanted to sleep with me, the dogs wanted to sleep with the girls, Tom just wanted a quiet place to sleep and I found myself wondering around the house in the middle of the night looking for a place to lay my weary head! The girls are thrasher and the dogs fill in any extra space left...... Can I say "L O N G" night for me.... but everyone else woke up perky and rarin' to go. You know the song...."The Old Gray Mare, She Ain't What She Use To Be" : (
These "itty bitty" moments we get with the kids is priceless and cherished....For Tom too as he was there at their birth, we spent more time with them than by ourselves.... NOW we grab any moment this disease gives us......
Today we are looking forward to having one of our Grandsons for the day and I pray...it will be a good day!
Everyday the girls ask to go swimming..... Emily knows what that is now and is the first one to the car. She's NOT going to get left behind.
She also recognizes the sound of the 4-wheeler and excitedly joins her sisters in the window when they hear Tom coming home from a spin down the road.
and when nobody is looking Maggie let's her snuggle up to her too.
Our wall to wall bed has worked out great...Everybody has leg room.........Emily is taking a liking to sleeping under the blankets......Tom thinks it's funny so I guess I don't care. As long as I have a spot to call my own. : )
