This morning when I was helping Mom with her hair I noticed something out of the ordinary for her…..one single GREY HAIR. I giggled and told Mom “Oh My Gosh Mom you have a grey hair I can’t believe it!” She was tickled pink or maybe grey in this case! She laughed and had the biggest smile on her face she looked at me and said. “I always wanted a grey hair, you know my Mom had grey hair and my Dad” I told her yes I know and we just laughed.
On my way to work I thought to myself how awesome it was to see my Mom so happy, laughing and smiling. Up until now she hasn’t shown too much emotion sort of sits around and doesn’t want to do much. All over a grey hair. I couldn’t stop thinking about how happy she was it made the morning so much easier. But why over a grey hair? Then it hit me it wasn’t the grey hair she was happy about it was the fact that she now has a grey hair like her Mom and Dad. She misses them so much.
Could you imagine not remembering the last time you saw your family even if you were just there the weekend before? Or having to be reminded that your Mom passed away?
I couldn’t. So we make our calls to Grandpa and talk about memories of Gram I think we are going to do a scrapbook soon I just need to get some pictures from Grandpa. That way she can look through it anytime and maybe feel some comfort over how much she was and is loved.
