My Mom

I noticed sometime around the end of October my mother has reached her senior, seriously. It was a heartbreaking situation, but at the same time I found humor. I thought I would share the funny part of this (Of Course everything was spoken in Navajo).

I took her to pay her bills one day, she came out of the building and headed in the wrong direction and tried to get into another truck. I called out to her, and she says “Oooh, ha ii! I almost got in the wrong truck”.

During that same week, we took her to a buffet. There’s nothing better than a Country Buffet. She mosey'd over like she knew where everything was so I left her alone, but kept an eye on her. She got white gravy then poured brown gravy on top of that. Then she went over to the salad department and got crab salad. I didn’t want to keep correcting her, mind you, she gets a little moody.

At our table we said our prayer and started to eat. I asked her if she knew her gravy was just another mixture of gravy she smiled at me and put the spoon filled gravy in her mouth and looked puzzled. I told her I would get her mashed potatoes. I, also told her she didn’t get Cole slaw, but crab salad.. Again she just smiled and took a bite. She looked like a kitten that had bitten into something bitter. She shook her head and looked confused. Again I got her her desired salad.

Since she realized I knew of her independence is lacking she makes sure she doesn’t’ make crazy mistakes during the rest of her stay.

A month later, I was waiting for her at Hobby Lobby talking to my brother in the parking lot. We see her walking way out a few lots over. We honked at her and she came back in our direction. She laughed and thought it was funny. I laughed too, but inside I was feeling sad to see her this way.

This last weekend I went to get her for her brief stay with us, I was putting hay out for the goats and I hear ‘Wah, I thought you were a goat’ she tells the all-white dog. If you know me, you would know I was laughing because I’m a moron like that.