~Rehab3~

There was another amputee lady at the Rehab, she had one

of the biggest rooms there and her roomie was bed bound,

I never saw her out of bed, but then I didn't go into her room,

usually I met Sandy out in the hall.. I am not real good at

judging ages, but I would say she was in her late 40's, she

was a diabetic and I don't know how long she had been a

dak, but she wasn't in there long before me.. She was so

funny, always getting into something..she would wait till

the recreations lady left the activities room and she would

hurry up and roll in and fill 2 bags with popcorn from a

machine they had down there.. I would wait in the hall and

sort of be a look out.. This one day I hadnt seen where the

activities lady had gone, but Sandy said she wasn't in the

room so she yelled to stand guard, which we laffed at,

and she proceeded to go in and get us each a bag of that

fresh made popcorn in there..They had a special machine

that popped it was really nice, a carnival type one with big

wheels and painted red, it made excellent popcorn and

if you werent first down there it didn't last long there was

a regular parade down the hall when they announced the

fresh popcorn, which they really didn't need to do we all

knew- the smell went thru that place like air... :-)

I was in the hall, Sandy was nabbing us each a bag of the

popcorn and the activites lady came past me so fast I

didn't have a chance to yell at Sandy that she was coming,

as Sandy is just coming out of the door the activities lady

is going in and they ran smack into each other.the lady

sat on her butt right there in the doorway Sandy ran into

her so hard..the next thing I saw was popcorn everywhere

looked like it had snowed.. We all laughed..We did have

to promise to wait till it was announced that the popcorn

was ready...we just waited at the door so we were STILL

first :-)

As I think of the things that happened there and the people

all so different and how their lives were. Some it was so

sad they had no idea where they were. One sweet dear

elderly lady, I have no idea why she was there, I think this

place was half rehab and half nursing home. I don't remember

her name, but she always talked about babies..how she

loved babies and taking care of them and she missed the

babys she would say to everyone.. One day a woman came

into the lobby with her daughter and the daughter was

carrying a babydoll in a blanket and just really cute and

very lifelike looking..The Sweet lady saw the little girl..and

she went up to her and asked if she could hold her baby,

that she would be very gentle and not drop it.. The little girl

didn't really know what to do..her mom wasn't paying any

attention..the little girl looked at that sweet old lady and

handed her the babydoll..that woman held that babydoll

and clutched it to her chest and started to rock back and

forth patting this doll on the back..She started to sing to

the baby, she had the most beautiful voice..she sang

Rock of Ages...I think everyone in that place heard that

little lady and stopped what they were doing to listen to

her sing to that babydoll...I don't think anyone had a dry

eye in there..

After she finished her sweet song, she handed the baby

doll back to the little girl..and told her "shhh,,be gentle now,

ive sung her to sleep and she will sleep for a long time."

That little girl assured the lady that she would not wake

the baby , as she turned to leave with her mom she looked

at that sweet lady and went up to her and kissed her on

the cheek and promised to bring the baby back again for

her to sing to it.. The sweet lady waved bye to that girl and

as she rolled back down to her room she declared loudly

"I sang my baby to sleep, I did" ... I called my sister and

asked her to go and get a babydoll and dress her up with

a blanket etc and bring it to me.. I told her what I was going

to do.. when she delivered the doll we both went down

to that sweet ladys room, she was sitting watching TV, and

I called out to her, "Ruth, I have a baby that needs taking

care of would you take care of her?" That little lady almost

RAN over to me, grabbed that babydoll and hugged it

tight and slowly she started to walk back to her chair, she

started to sing, and said to my sister and I.. "you will have

to go now, I have to put my precious baby to sleep".. we

heard her singing Jesus Loves Me as we went back to

my room.. From then on..that sweet lady did not go any

where with out her "baby".. Amazing how just small simple

things can bring such happiness to people..

Well that photo up top is my proof I do have roses outside.

they are just beautiful.there are rose bushes on each side

of the back door as well.. I love roses..I had a dear friend

well still do, every once in a while I would get a dozen roses

from him..I don't think he knows to this day how much that

meant to me.. I took photos every time.. Flowers are such

a wonderful thing.. I tell everyone..give me my flowers now

while I can still enjoy them, smell them and see them..don't

plant them on my grave..I want them now.. :-)

Well this has drug out longer than I had planned and will be

eye burnout by the end of this thing.. I just cannot describe

any thing in 5 words or less :-) Like you didn't know that...

Penny got my icees for me and Lori called said she may

have a fridge for me and Kenny came and fixed the fence

AND repaired the ceiling too.. was a busy day, not counting

taking photos etc.. Tomorrow I have my post almost already

ready..I took photos today of LB and of course the boy, he

waits at the door for Penny and hes so pitiful when shes here,

he follows her around like a puppy but she loves it.. I had a

taco for lunch and needless to say they don't stick with ya

for very long just like Chinese food..I don't know why they

are like that.. they were good tho..Its that time..and Im very

tired, was a busy day and I got up at 4:30 this morning I

just couldn't sleep any longer so I had no choice to rise

and shine. I got a choice now and that's to say"Nitey Nite!"

Y'all have a good one now , Y'hear? love ya..and thanks.~!

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..