Sunday, December 16, 2007

Some of the coloring books that I buy for Mom have games such as word searches in them. Mom always asks me what she should do with those. I tell her to just go ahead an color them. It's sad. She used to do word search games with me when I was a kid. Now she can't even remember how to do one. And she usually only uses one color when she colors.

3 comments:

~Betsy said...

I remember when Mom gave up her word searches, too. It made me feel so sad. Hang in there, Robyn.

cornbread hell said...

robyn, i really appreciate the honesty of this post. thanks for sharing. it almost feels wrong to be comforted just knowing i'm not alone.

wishing you and mom the best.

nancy said...

it is sao sad when you realize they can't remember how to do (or even what it is) something they used to enjoy. for what it's worth, i think you answered your mom just perfectly!

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