Quotable Quotes from Mama
I'll preface this post by saying that the past two weeks when I've gone in to give Mama a shower, shampoo, set etc. she is convinced that I am there to prepare her for burial.
"Well, it's nice you came to see me on the day of my burial. I don't believe I've seen you since I moved here. It's nice that you came to see me today of all days."
"To think that my own dear little Lainie is getting me ready to lie in state in my coffin!" To this I expostulated, "Mama, I'm not getting you ready to lie in your coffin, I'm fixing your hair so you can be beautiful for another week!"
The following quotes were yesterday while I was sitting with Mama at lunch time.
"I don't want to eat because I'll last longer after they put me underground."
"I don't want to lie there in my casket half awake."
"It seems almost cruel to give a person a lot to eat before they die because they'll stay alive longer in the coffin."
"I hope they don't put me under to smother til I die. I hope you wouldn't let them." To which I remonstrated with proper vigor that of course I wouldn't--no such thing would ever happen!
And after she was bothered that I was playing yahtzee on my Palm Pilot while I was eating my own lunch and visiting with her she began to cry and said, "I hope my face doesn't look like it's crying when I lie in the casket."
Then she asked if Neil was coming to the funeral? "What funeral?" I replied. "His funeral!" she said. At that point I explained that Neil wouldn't be attending his own funeral and she quickly got the point and laughed at the joke. (On the other hand I guess we all do attend our own funerals do we not? at least bodily if we aren't cremated. . .)
Such is my life and on I go most joyfully, along with feeling a bit crazy or a lot crazy now and then.
My mother was the best mother in the world though. She always loved me to death, made my clothes from hand me downs and whatever she could lay her hands on, read to me, encouraged me, helped me when our babies were born, literally ran circles around me helping me can and freeze produce in FL til she was well over 70. She even went on Space Mountain at Disney World when she was 75 or so. She could type more words/minute on a manual typewriter no less than any person I've ever known, and balance 101 things all at the same time without giving indication of any stress. Just wanted to mention a very few of the special things about my Mom along with these funny quotes in her declining years. . .
"Well, it's nice you came to see me on the day of my burial. I don't believe I've seen you since I moved here. It's nice that you came to see me today of all days."
"To think that my own dear little Lainie is getting me ready to lie in state in my coffin!" To this I expostulated, "Mama, I'm not getting you ready to lie in your coffin, I'm fixing your hair so you can be beautiful for another week!"
The following quotes were yesterday while I was sitting with Mama at lunch time.
"I don't want to eat because I'll last longer after they put me underground."
"I don't want to lie there in my casket half awake."
"It seems almost cruel to give a person a lot to eat before they die because they'll stay alive longer in the coffin."
"I hope they don't put me under to smother til I die. I hope you wouldn't let them." To which I remonstrated with proper vigor that of course I wouldn't--no such thing would ever happen!
And after she was bothered that I was playing yahtzee on my Palm Pilot while I was eating my own lunch and visiting with her she began to cry and said, "I hope my face doesn't look like it's crying when I lie in the casket."
Then she asked if Neil was coming to the funeral? "What funeral?" I replied. "His funeral!" she said. At that point I explained that Neil wouldn't be attending his own funeral and she quickly got the point and laughed at the joke. (On the other hand I guess we all do attend our own funerals do we not? at least bodily if we aren't cremated. . .)
Such is my life and on I go most joyfully, along with feeling a bit crazy or a lot crazy now and then.
My mother was the best mother in the world though. She always loved me to death, made my clothes from hand me downs and whatever she could lay her hands on, read to me, encouraged me, helped me when our babies were born, literally ran circles around me helping me can and freeze produce in FL til she was well over 70. She even went on Space Mountain at Disney World when she was 75 or so. She could type more words/minute on a manual typewriter no less than any person I've ever known, and balance 101 things all at the same time without giving indication of any stress. Just wanted to mention a very few of the special things about my Mom along with these funny quotes in her declining years. . .
posted by hesper48 @ 6:50 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:48 PM,
Avalanche Cowpoke said…
What can I say excepy "chuckle" at these last three posts! I sympathize with the head bump---I've had some seriously fierce ones in my time---some almost still hurt at the memory even though near on ta thirty years hence... 8~)
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