We went to church w/ Dad this morning. The children's sermon was about Zacchaeus. Of course all the kids knew it b/c Mom had taught them both the Bible story and the song: "Zacchaeus was a wee, little man. A wee, little man was he. He climbed up in a Sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see." I could see her doing the hand motions as she led the kids during music time. Yep, that brought the tears. It brought them again just now recalling it.
I love visiting Dad, but leaving him is so very hard, especially now that I have to leave him alone w/ no one to help him w/ his eye drops. Before I left I had to check the basement television set to make sure no buttons had been switched that wouldn't allow him to watch videos and DVD's down there. He had a video, dated 14 April 2001, that we used to make sure everything was set up properly. In the video, we were all there at Mom and Dad's for the Easter weekend, and I was actually videotaping so that meant that occasionally we could see Mom. She was watching her grandchildren and great grandchildren dance to a Wiggles video. The smile on her face was huge, and even after all the other adults left the room, she stayed to watch them. She truly loved children.....hers and everyone else's.
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