Talkfest in Texas

The week-long celebration of Mother's 85th birthday got off to a grand start yesterday!

Shelley McDonough, the gal/sitter who spends several hours a day with Mother at the nursing home, brought her over about 11 a.m. Shelley has become our other sister and spent most of the day with us.

Mother, Anita, Phil, Maribeth, Shelley, and I just about talked our tongues off for the whole day.  We laughed, shared memories, and ate Maribeth's good food. 

 Anita May Krull, Frances May, Mary May Angelil, Philip May 2010

Phil invited her doctor (who lives nearby) to stop in so "the sisters" could meet him.  VaVaVoom! Dr. Bousquet is a cutie pie, not to mention a nice guy.  He's certainly done a good job at getting Mother to feeling better.  He and Phil have worked closely on tweaking her meds and it seems they've hit a good balance.

It was after nine when Phil and Anita took Mom back to Pleasant Manor Nursing Home.  We were amazed at how well she did to last all day.  We couldn't even get her to take a nap......as with all of us, she didn't want to miss anything.