Monday Evening

Called Mom about 6:30 tonite..She was watchin' the news and Pop was dozing in the chair. She said she was doing pretty well tonight, but is just so worried how Charles is gonna react when all of this goes down. She dosn't want him to be mad, or hurt, and can't bear the thought of him sitting in his room alone with no one there. She said that she knows it is the best thing to do though, and we talked about His possible reactions. He might be confused. He might be pissed off and use the word "damn". He might feel hurt and rejected. Or...He might be just fine! I told her there is a good chance he will be great there and maybe the different enviroment and new friends would give him some much needed mental stimulation. She agreed that it will prob all work out, and when I reminded her that this is what Dad wanted, which is why he set things up the way he did, She agreed that was the way he wanted things alright. When we hung up, Shetold me that She loved me and sure appreciated the phone calls. Told her to let us know if she needed anything.

More thoughts tonite from my melon head: I believe that Pop knew what was coming down the road. I think he could tell that there were going to be issues concerning this when he started slowing down mentally 20 years ago. That's when I started noticing that he was changing. When they would come to visit in Oregon, I remember thinking at the time that He had changed so much since I last saw him. I think the reason he set up the insurance stuff the way he did is because he had a view into the future and wanted it set up so his family, and Shirl, did not have to be burdened with his care if it got to be too advanced to deal with. And he was right. Hard as this is for Mom and us to deal with, it is what he wanted. He just knew.