Mom was doing ok today. I stopped by around 1:00 and brought her some coffee. As soon as I walked in she said "I just about finished that book that you left me...or, well the one that was on my table."
I knew the book she was talking about, it was a reader's digest collection, but I have no idea where she got it. She went on and on telling me her version of the story...a mystery story apparently. "I stayed up until midnight reading it. I haven't ever just read like that, for 3 whole hours!" (later she said 3 days).
The only thing I could think about was all the books we packed up and gave away to Goodwill and the used book store. It's ok. We left several in her apartment, it's just that she used to read a LOT. She had so many books, and used to collect so many things. Birds, model cars, trains, gardening books, cookbooks...anyone who could send a mail order form to her. DVDs, CDs..just so much stuff, only to be later trying to figure out what to do with it. Going through this process with her has really helped me in developing my ability to LET THINGS GO.
We had a good conversation nonetheless, and she was very happy that I stopped by. Looking forward to tomorrow.
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