We are so lucky we have been able to go up to our country cottages, it's been 4 times now..a real treat - yesterday, our son Les, wife Jane, daughter Rosemary, and boyfriend Malachy as well as Mac and myself had a ball, wonderful food - and the wonderful sweet velvet feel of swimming by our raft..I can never explain this but the water by our raft, as well as by the island is just precious..and each time I swim I just love to let it flow around me and even taste it...it's just such a heavenly experience - for me - I know the water lilies, the mushy bottom and sometimes the deer flies, drive others crazy..but the water lilies are beautiful, the mucky bottom always makes me think of my cousin Bessie, who used to say, I bet that stuff is great for a facial, bet a mud pack would get rid of all our wrinkles, well i've never tried that , but for me it is a smooth treat for my feet....
Now though Mac just enjoys just relaxing on the deck,no more swimming for him - he used to be the man who put out the raft, who pulled out the weeds, who made sure the deck was in order, who replaced the strips on the deck chairs, checked all the water stuff, boats wind surfers etc for holes...so it was rather sad to hear him say...:"Who do we pay to stay here???" When i told him it was all ours, we paid for it long long ago....he said, wow this must have cost something, then he said, must tell janet, have you seen her - she is my wife" .....hello, mac I replied, I'm janet, i'm your wife, and I'm enjoying being here with you my husband," he started to laugh, he said, "gee this is crazy, I am so confused, but anyway, so you are janet, that's good.'
Well it is still good, we came home to our little apartment, quite happy, and preparing to go up N. again, how terrific is that, we'll be going tomorrow. He seems to be quite relaxed about it, and allows us to help him over the rough ground, and enjoys just being there, as he seems to enjoy everything we do....as long as we're together....
Today we walked all the way to chuch, where he sat out in the garden waiting for the service to be over...he may have lost his memory, but the memory of NOT attending church is still there, and as he says he hasn't lost his intelligence, and so believing in spiritual things is NOT his thing. But he says, "it's o.k. for you, "and he would rather walk with me than to stay home waiting...and our walk there and home along the lake is fabulous, it takes us about 45 minutes ...but on the way back, with stopping for lunch, and to enjoy it under the trees, it of course takes much much longer..sometimes the rest of the day....and the walk always seems to give Mac the opportunity to see and think and talk, which is wonderful, it also seems to encourage his sense of humour..last week when we were walking a busload of kids passed by, and one yelled, "hey old lady and old man",,,i repeated what the kid said, to Mac, and he replied, quick go back and get that little bastard... then we just laughed - i guess you'd have to be there to see how funny it was...
But funny or beautiful, or just ordinary, we're still happy to be alive - and as Mac always says, still healthy...hummm......g'evening...
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