Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2008. Mattie was home between hospital treatments and got this cute bird as a gift. This bird wasn't your ordinary fellow. Instead he played music and moved his body. So Peter and Mattie were mimicking the bird. They were bobbing their heads and flapping their arms and I thought it was priceless. Naturally I had to capture this moment in time! I'm glad I always photographed our lives together, right from the moment Mattie was born. Even the ordinary was photographed and it turns out all of this is now part of Mattie's legacy.
Quote of the day: Grief is love with no place to go. ~ Karen Gibbs
I was listening to the radio this morning and I heard a clip played capturing a close confidante of Queen Elizabeth's. He recalled an afternoon in which he and the Queen were out and about in Scotland and American tourists stopped him and the Queen and started chatted with them. They clearly did not recognize the Queen. Instead, they not only asked her questions but handed their camera to her to take a photo of them. Check out the link below! To me it is priceless and it speaks to her level of humility. Practically everyone can recognize her face, but instead of correcting the people talking with her and letting them know that they weren't talking to just anyone but her majesty herself, she let it go and played along.
American tourists once met the Queen and had no idea who she was — so she played a joke on them:
https://www.insider.com/queen-once-played-prank-on-american-tourists-2022-6
It has been another long day. My dad went to his memory care center and then I took my mom for her physical therapy appointment. In the session, the therapist asked my mom whether she could bend down and kneel on the floor. My mom's response was.... of course! I started laughing. I then asked when was the last time that she did this! She said, December! I couldn't help myself, my response was.... in what year? Any case today was another rude awakening for my mom and slowly we are trying to show her that there are things she can no longer do, that her perspective or insights about herself are distorted. In addition, the therapist is working on walking with my mom because my mom doesn't walk heel to toe, but instead shuffles with little steps and mostly walks toe to heel. Also she walks with her hips forward and her head is down on her chest.
This afternoon, all four of us went for the flu shot. Needless to say, given how I am feeling already and now this shot, I am beyond worn out. I need a break and yet I know there is NOT one in sight.
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