Listmates,
Yesterday after getting mom up and dressed, I stood her up to walk her into the dining room for breakfast. As I was helping her stand, she gave a faint, sad smile and with tears in her eyes said, "I'm ready to go home now." But she was looking off in the distance as if I were not even there. It kind of gave me a chill as there was a look on her face that I had not seen before, one that is really hard to descibe. She has often said that she wants to go home, and of course in her dementia, it would be difficult to tell which home she would be referring to, or if she even knew what home she was talking about. But this was in a little bit different tone, and as if she were talking to someone who was a very dear friend. I couldn't help but wonder if she indeed saw someone that I couldn't see. Anyway, this morning I wrote this. Maybe some of you have experienced this same thing.