I was just sitting here in Abilene, having my coffee and scrolling through my pictures on my phone and came across these two photos that my cousin Steffie sent shortly before mom came back from Germany. Mom had just gotten this great new haircut and she looked so happy. That’s how I want to think of mom these next few days.

As we were driving to Texas yesterday, I received a call from the hospice social worker who told me that she, the nurse, and doctor were concerned that they could not wake her. I told her that it happens several times daily and if they try again in an hour it would most likely be totally different. As usual, the folks at Handmaker had not bathed mom in 5 days. Seriously, they charge $274 per day and don’t just do that without being told??? Great.