The smallest but most important things matter to Mother

It's important to remember that it's hard to win with dementia. One day your normal routine may not work and you have to adjust to make sure your loved one is happy or well, safe and comfortable. We try to avoid waking Mother up from naps so when Melanie went to work the last week she didn't wake Mother up before she left. Mother woke up and was extremely angry. She kept asking Kendra where Melanie was and once she told her she was at work she was livid because she didn't say goodbye. I got home and asked Mother about Melanie and what she did and she just shook her head and disgust. She in her own little demented way kept talking about how mad she was at Melanie. We told Melanie about how mad Mother was so when Melanie got home from work she had made her a handmade "I'm sorry" card. She gave it to Mother and said she was sorry. Although, you could tell that she was still mad she loved the card and gave a little smile. The saying is true that a smile can mean the world to someone and that's what Mother's smile does for us.