I am missing my mom so much. I just want to talk to her. Not about anything so deep or profound.... maybe just talk about television shows we both watched, and what we thought of them. She would say "watch that tonight, and we'll talk about it, tomorrow." Oh, how I miss such simple pleasures.
Today I bought Sugar Wafer cookies, and some Halvah. She loved both of these sweet treats. What a sweet tooth she had. How fitting that she would marry a baker, and always have some cake or cookies available for dessert. Mom's meal wasn't complete unless it included dessert.
Years ago we had the finer candy stores in the neighborhood. Places like Loft's, and Baricini's. It was from these places that she would buy her beloved Truffles, and Parlays. She would "hide" them from us in hopes of having them last longer. But she always hid them in the same spot!... in the china cabinet. Of course we'd find them.
She was never fat, though. In her twenties, she only weighed about 105 pounds, and was quite slim. In her 30's she got a little chunky after my dad bought the bakery, and they were living high on the hog. But during the next decade, in her 40's, she got Multiple Sclerosis, and would lose the weight she had gained.
I miss her laugh, and how well she could read me, no matter what.
She would be shocked and dismayed at what I am going through these days, though. But it sure would be a comfort to have her at this time.
This Sugar Wafer's for you, mom. I love you, and miss you always.
Time to check in, I guess.
It hasn't been the best of times over the past month. No great changes, really, but bad bouts of shortness of breath/rapid breathing, etc., which just does me in, and is so scary.
Haven't seen my doctor in a while, and am overdue for my injections. I have an appointment this coming monday, and I just hope I can make it. I think Evie might go with me, and that would help.
Ran out of my pain meds a few days ago, and it took three days to reach someone to finally get a script called into the pharmacy. Then the pharmacy calls me saying it's five days too early for this prescription to be filled, and they want to know why. Duh, why do you think? I don't know how it worked out, but I did end up getting the meds today. Thank goodness, because the level of pain was really affecting my breathing. I didn't realize the correlation between the pain and the breathing until now really. When the meds started kicking in, my breathing improved considerably. It is no doubt that crushing feeling I get in my chest area that affects it the most.
Hard to believe it is mid-October already. Great to be past the summer. Its been kind of chilly in the low 50's, and even in the 40's during the night. I love it. Nothing better than being cozy under the blankets.
I miss taking pictures. I've hardly taken any this year. I pray I can make it up the stairs to Melissa's on Thanksgiving. At least I will get some family and food pics. Same goes for Christmas. These holidays will be upon us before you know it.
