Growing up Melanie and I played sports all year long and even though Mom worked night shift she came to a lot of our games. She never was much of cheerer but just seeing her there was always nice. Recently, Melanie and I started playing for a slow-pitch co-ed softball team and since Mother is with us, we bring her to our games. I was a little nervous about it but was completely shocked when I saw how much Mother loved being there. She even cheers every once in awhile. We have tie dye blue shirts and Mother wouldn't stop talking about them and saying, "where's mine?" so we got one for her and as soon as she sees that blue color she always wants to wear hers.
Sometimes, she gets a little anxious and plays the 'up down' game on the bench but it's so relaxed there that we are usually right next to her. She's even made some friends. It's not like you can look at my Mom and be like oh yeah, she has dementia but I guess through the grapevine or just through observation some of the fellow fans adopted Mother into their little group. Last game Mother was with them the whole time; I have no idea what they were talking about but hey, she was enjoying herself. You never really know what she is going to say or if it will make sense. Our pitcher came up to us and was like, "Can your Mother have a chocolate cookie?" and of course we said yes. Mother has been talking about it for days now.
Mother has gotten into the routine of going to our games because we have a double header on Mondays and one game on Wednesday, so, we get to hear, "when do we go?" When we tell her it's game day she will ask us about going for hours beforehand. It's so cute how excited she is to go to the games.
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