Now is the Time

We visited Mom K but she was fast asleep. However, it was not a wasted trip. We met her aide for the weekend, who reported that Mom K had not been at all pleased about being woken at 7, and had been "feisty". The aide was understanding, telling Mom K, "Not all of us are morning people, that is ok." She said after that, they had reached an understanding and all was well. Mom K was fine at breakfast, eating and drinking on her own. I insisted we determine what had happened between the comatose state at the hospital, and the returning strength of Mom K, and we tracked down a nurse. He told us that the records showed she was off one of the three same class of drugs she had been on. I am convinced she had been overdosed. I told the nurse we just wanted to be sure she was not put back on that drug. This has not been an easy road we are on.

The little dog who lives at the home greeted us when we arrived. He followed us all the way to the locked doors of the Reminiscence section.
He paused and seemed to want to follow us in there, but we weren't sure he was allowed. So we slipped through the doors and urged the little terrier to stay behind. It was comforting to have him greet us and then stay with us on this unfamiliar journey. But ultimately, in the end, we had to enter the locked gates alone.

One day, we will enter other gates alone. We will give an accounting of our time here on earth, and will wonder if we did all that we could have, all that we should have. It will be too late to step back, and try again then. The time to do that is NOW.

John 5:28-29 (NIV)
“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice [29] and come out---those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.



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