Sunday, March 20, 2011

The Wheels on the Bus

Independence has been a big issue with my MIL since she came to live with us.  The doctor told her she could not drive several years ago and then she was told she could not live alone.  Being a woman who was used to coming and going as she pleased when she pleased hasn't always sat well with her now that she has been "immobilized".

The opportunity to "ride the bus" to the Senior Citizen Center every day has allowed her to feel as if she is in control of her coming and going!  This week while I was off for Spring Break I had another look at the bus ride.  Now, mind you they used to pull up out front and honk and she would come a runnin'.  But now she sits in the kitchen watching for them out the window, they pull up in the driveway, and she runs out.  Everybody on the bus greets her (I can only imagine what they are saying!) and they roll off!

Life is good!

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