Bringing the Joy

yesterday I took this book in to share with Mom

 I swear she has been clutching it to her chest

while awake since then

we look at it while I'm there

plan on which doll to make

she is so happy with it

says I can come over her house and we can get busy

 this is as close to joy as it gets!

we often check out the early dolls on Pinterest

we love their simple faces

we make up a story about each doll 

we especially love the old black ones

but are aware that they might offend some people

who don't understand...

so we decided to make only pale face dolls for now

this few hours/days of joy

has been a real treasure

she shared the book with local sister this morning

talked to NC two nights in a row about it

 feeling blessed with a happy Mom!

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A few folks have been asking about Ann

seems I only posted on FB when she passed

 a few weeks ago

after a short illness

with being confined to her bed a few weeks 

our dear friend Ann passed away October 1st

Mom has had a hard time adjusting 

first to her intermittent confinement to bed

then seeing her sick when we visited
finally her passing

they were two peas in a pod

for so long

we are doing are best to find Mom new friends

she and I are so much alike

we are quite the introverts

preferring one close friend to many

she has been lost without her friend

my local sister has stepped up once or twice

to visit her when I leave for work

(a bad time of day for mom if no activity)

Even though I knew Ann for less than three years

she has a large spot in my heart

not only for being Mom's good friend 

but for being mine

she would always tell me

"she'll be okay, I'm here" when I left for work

she loved to tell me about staying

up until midnight working on a quilt

because she just couldn't stop

she was ornery too 

heaven forbid someone take her place at the lunch table

or ignore her when she yelled bingo
and don't you dare have carrots in her soup

RIP dear Ann