I Know How She Feels!!

This past weekend, I went to my mother's in Oklahoma. I loaded up some things to redecorate my mother's home to cheer her up and give her something she can enjoy. So off I go with a rug I had gotten a few years back at Lowe's for $400, two paintings, some vases with silk flowers a cactus and a futon.

My mother's house is very small and she had a hospital bed in the living room and in the bedroom also. When we visit there is little room for anyone to sit down comfortably. I also felt mom would not feel so much like an invalid if her bedroom and living area were separate.

So I called my sister to tell her we were moving the bed into the bedroom and setting up mom's house like it should be. So she came over and we got with it. Wow! those beds weigh a ton. I had to go next door to get a man to help me.

Anyway, we get it all done and it was beautiful. The rug was an 11 X 9 and it almost covered her whole living room. The paintings were perfect and the color scheme all matched. I didn't get to hang the pictures of us and the grandkids back up, but told her I would return next week with two matching quilts to go on the beds in her room, along with curtains for the living room and bedroom.

My next project there will be to decorate the guest room and build a small room on the back for storage and give her dogs a place to stay warm for the winter.

Now to get to the rest of it. Mom was so proud of it, then about three days after I left she started saying I probably spent her money to buy everything. She told my sister she was giving everything away and moving. It is hard trying to do the right thing and not get discouraged. I know my mother won't be around for a very long time and she has to depend on others, so I give her grace. That doesn't negate the fact that I sometimes want to give up, but I know I can't. I am just trying to help her to enjoy what time she has left.