Mom's in a really good mood this morning. She's been singing and talking and swinging her hands. She seems really happy. One of the sad things about the long term dimension of her illness is that we tend to forget how she was before she became ill. I can't remember her any way other than the way she is now. I can't remember the things she talked about before she became mentally incapacitated. So today is a good day. She is really enjoying herself.
We put some magazines on the table and she has played with them for two days. She just picks them up and thumbs through them and shakes them. She seems to get some enjoyment from this and they are just junk mail magazines - a brochure from San Jacinto college, an Avon catalog. It doesn't take much to keep her satisfied.
Right now she is just talking away. We can't understand what she is talking about but she seems happy. A while ago she said something and then just busted out laughing. We couldn't help but join her, so we all had a good laugh. We didn't know what we were laughing about, but we were laughing along with her. I wish I had had my camera handy. We don't get many opportunities to catch her laughing out loud like that. I hope today continues to be a good one for her.
