Monthly Archives: April 2005

“Stop the chair so it will not wheel away.  Sit on my lap so they wouldn’t wheel me away from you.”

(The hospice chaplain, Rev. Meridith White, visited Mother.  The chaplain asked me what to pray for.  Immediately Mother started reciting  “The Lord’s Prayer”.  They recited it together.  I held back tears.)

“Go out there and look and see what’s cooking.  What are we to do?”

“Do you want to go out there?”

“How much more of this do I have to eat?  I’ve got to find a place where you can lie down?”

“Oh, you don’t?  Where do you stay?” (After I explained that I had a place to stay, Audrey continued) “I don’t know. All these things” (as she moves away the stuffed animal. Referring to the nursing staff, Audrey says) “Have you talked with that guy about what he is doing?  Where is the sheet?”

“You’ve got your sweater?”

“You have your car?  You have blankets in your car?”

“I hope I’ve got everything together that I want.”