A Wild 62nd Birthday

Monday morning.  Its usually fairly quiet, with not a whole lot of chatter going on in our program.  Our members have been at home all weekend and they’re usually a little disoriented being back at the day center.  Well, in walks Mrs. Hair Lady…

One of our sweeter ladies, Mrs. Hair Lady is very sociable although her hearing is not the best.  And by not the best, I mean that one time I popped a balloon by accident when we were taking down some decorations and she told me that was the first thing she heard all day.

Well, Mrs. Hair Lady begun this habit of bringing photos in from her family album so she could better share with everyone about her life.  The first couple times she brought in pictures of her daughters’ pets and then she shared pictures of her grandchildren.  A few weeks after that she brought in some photos of herself in her 30’s and 40’s (she was quite a head-turner!) where she looked as young as her teenage daughter.

I Thought I’d Seen (or Heard) It All

There are many moments the past few years I’ve spent as an activity director that jump out as surprising or unpredictable, but what happened this afternoon just may take the cake for a while.

I was playing a dice game with five of our members and every so often one of them will rub the dice on the back of her head for good luck before she rolls.  She rubbed the dice on the back of her head every turn this afternoon, and the lady sitting next to her, let’s just call her “Ms. Smiley,” wanted to try it out too.  Her next turn she rubbed the dice on her head but alas, no luck.  The next time it became her turn Ms. Smiley took the dice to her head again, but there was no luck on that roll either.  So the next time around, and believe me, I was totally unprepared for this, she takes the dice and rubs them on her chest!  And by golly she rolled the biggest roll of the day!