Elegante Mother’s birthday is Sunday. She will be 92 years old. Last January, a month after her birthday, she began telling people she was 92. She was really eager to hit that next goal!
My oldest sister is gathering some of the family to attend church and then go out to breakfast with EM. I need to order a corsage for her to wear, and we plan to take her shopping at her favorite store for some new duds. If we are lucky with the weather, we will also go hat shopping. The pastor at EM’s church loves that she wears hats to church, and he always compliments her on her hats, which are very elegante (what else?)
A nursery about ten miles west of us is having a free picture day on Sunday. I thought it would be cool to drive out there after breakfast and have her picture taken among the poinsettias. We could pick up a couple of plants to decorate the house while we were at it.
I hope the day turns out to be fun for her. We haven’t had a lot of fun this week. She really enjoyed Thanksgiving, but the aftermath has been hard on us all. We’ll do a little bit each day to extend the celebration of her birthday, rather than trying to do it all in one short span. Thursday, she has hair and nail appointments. Friday afternoon, a good friend is coming for a short visit. Our quilting bee is going to go to dinner Friday night. I thought I’d get a little rosebud boutonnière for her to wear. Saturday, we’re going to shop for an hour early in the day, and then Sunday we’ll do church (with a gardenia corsage, her favorite), breakfast, and the pictures.
We’ll see how she is doing, and if she is still raring to go, there’s the opportunity for dinner out, and a ride through our community’s light show. Everything has been planned so that there is the least amount of walking required, and long spaces between the need to walk. I hope it all goes well.