Joy

Today our sweet Joy turned 86!  She was really excited about her birthday.  There just happened to be a pot luck after church, so I asked our deacon who was going to instruct everybody on how to go through the lines, if he could announce Joy's birthday and then lead us in singing Happy Birthday to her.  The delight on her face was so sweet.  :)

Thanks Giving Weekend 2010 Part 1

Happy For Joy

You may remember our friend Joy. I wrote a blog post titled "Sad for Joy" about 2 weeks ago. She was going to have to move away and didn't want to go.

Well, a MIRACLE took place! She told her family that she was happy where she was, and wanted to stay with her friends and with Mr. Phil, whom she loves.

They had a meeting with the nursing home also, and everybody agreed that Miss Joy can stay! She is so very, very happy!

Suddenly, all those pre addressed and stamped note cards no longer seem like a good idea. LOL

We are thrilled that she can stay and so is Mr. Phil....

Then, today, he talked about moving in with us when he is better. I told him, I didn't think it would be fair for him to move in with us and leave her behind at the nursing home after she stayed here for HIM! She said, "Yeah, you should stay!" And he said, Ok, I guess I will! LOL

Whew.... that was a big load off of my mind, because I know he wanted them to both move in with us, and there is no way we could manage all that.

So, I dropped off Sonic Cokes for them to sip, and I dropped off his notebook to keep mail and receipts in. He is well enough now to manage some of those things himself. He seemed excited to see some mail, even if it is all AARP junk mail and old bills. :)

I talked to them a little bit about the area. Neither of them were aware of how nice a location they are in. 2 blocks from them is a nice down town strip full of small shoppes and coffee stops....a few quaint restaurants, all within walking distance.
He is allowed to check himself in and out, and we are telling him now, once you get yourself walking again, just look where you could stroll!
He seemed excited at the idea of sipping coffee and playing checkers. :)

What a nice end to a potentially tragic situation.

What a nice ending to a very sad time!

Sad for Joy

Our friend Phil has been in the Nursing home for around a year and a half now. He met our other friend Joy, while there, and we have all had a great time together. Sometimes we have dinner together, and we bring them both to church with us on Sundays, and then take them out to lunch.

2 days ago, Joy found out that she is going to have to move to South Carolina. She is terribly sad about the move, but has been given no choice. She would love to Marry Phil and he wold LOVE to marry her, but in the end, she has no choice.

I am sad for her. Though she has dementia issues, she is not at a point of not being able to have a thought or feeling of her own. She is feeling rather violated right now, as her rights have been taken from her.

Her family doesn't like that she is in love. The move came suddenly for her, and she doesn't want to go. The nursing home staff would like to see her stay, but there is nothing anybody can do.

What a sweet heart of a lady. Our girls just loved her so much. We made some pre addressed note cards for her with stamps so she can write when she gets settled in South Carolina.

Taking the girls to the nursing home is great. We go about 2 x's a week and they visit the ladies. We will continue to go, and minister to those who have no visitors.

If you think of it, please pray for Joy, that she transitions to her new home well.
She is so sad right now.

JOY

We have been visiting the local nursing home for about a year now. We have made some new friends. Our friend Phil is living there now, and he has a friend named Joy. She is delightful.
It makes us feel better to visit and talk with some of the ladies, because we can't be close to Mike's mother who is now in a nursing home. So, while we can't be with her, I 'm sure there will be somebody else that goes to her nursing home that will visit, because they can't visit their mom.
The girlies love Joy. She is as sweet as they come. She has dementia, so if we don't go more than 3x's a week, she forgets who we are, and is pleased to meet us once again. :)

Tonight we had dinner with the ladies at their table. They love seeing children. They don't get to see them much. The girls are very good with elderly people. At our old church they each and a "gramma" to sit by during the teaching hour and they exchanged letters with those precious ladies.
They miss them, since we have been attending a new church.
Today, they brought cards to Miss Joy, and she just loved them.

I am glad they are willing to go and spend some time with those they don't know. It really blesses those who cannot get out, and don't have anybody to visit them.