Chez Rozarie

OK, as some of you know, Mom's health (mentally and physically) has become quite precarious.  In light of this, I thought I'd go back in time a bit, and give you all some of her interesting history... First part: Her birthday is 9/5/1937.  She was born 2 nd in a family of 3 girls, at Jamaica Queens Hospital.  Her dad was a salesman with Atlantic Richfield.  She lived in Salem, Massachusetts until 1948, moving to Stratford, Connecticut  at 10 years old.  Irene graduated from Eli Whitney School, and went to Stratford High School, graduating in 1955. During her last year of high school, she lived with 2 different families as her parents retired and moved to Florida.  The Tristines and the Kilty/Goodsell folks were great to her, and she remains friends with those in both families.  She was engaged to Ken Palazzo before her graduation. If she had played sports in high school, she probably would have been on the softball team, a soccer play...

Today was hard.  Mom and Dad's 57th wedding anniversary was today.  We brought pizza up to the nursing home, and I made brownies.  We got the conference room so we could sort of have a private celebration.  Mom was a bit off by the change in procedures, but she did OK at first.  A bit too many people, however she acclimated to us all.  Dad has been saying she was smacking him a bit during lunches, so my sister and I put our heads together and suggested to him that he go see her after lunch to minimize his "upset" and frustration with his feelings about Mom. "I'm not upset.  I'm not frustrated." "Really?  Cause you said you were..." "I don't mind.  I just don't like seeing her like this," while he argued with Mom about her eating a piece of pizza (shoving it in her mouth then pulling it away as she fully opened her mouth). Well, to be honest, I don't think any of us LIKE this, but as I've said before, we live for th...