The Daily Grind

By Sheelagh

Here is a typical morning at the Evans house.  Dave and our oldest wake up early for Early morning seminary (I get to sleep in:) )I like to think that since I woke up with our kids when they were babies for about 12 years, it is Dave's turn to miss out on a little sleep!) This wake up time will get a little earlier in a few weeks when Swim Team starts their early morning swim session--I think that the saying is "Toes in the water at 5:25".  Fun.

I wake up the rest of the group a few hours later.   Get them brushed and fed and off to school. Make sure my mom is awake and OK- Lately she gets breakfast in bed...lucky!  If she is feeling "perky" I can get her in the bathroom and get her sheets and jammies into the wash before I leave to drop my youngest off at preschool and then head to my classes.  If not--I know that they will be waiting for me when I get home at lunch time:) 

Mom has what Dave has been calling the "10 second reset" she seems to forget what she is doing in the middle of doing it.  On Monday night she was giving the prayer in Family Home Evening-she started off great and strong and it was so good to hear her voice but then just stopped.  I thought it might be because she was feeling emotional....but no...I think that she just forgot what she was doing.  When we are all eating together she can pick up on our " action cues" and remember what she is supposed to be doing, but if she is alone or doing something solo, she forgets.  She sleeps most of the time now and if she isn't sleeping, she is lost in her own thoughts.  I would love to know what it is that she is thinking about.

In the mean time.  We are beginning to prepare as much as we can and have started going over the funeral service plans that she wrote out a few years ago.  It is a difficult task and one that I can only take in doses.