Table 5.

Gift Giving

Example 1	I would get into mom’s place. I would get there, because you had to be in the moment, for yourself, for her. Whimsy, you could be whimsical … I would bring coloring books and we would listen to music. We would get up and dance. A hula hoop, we played with a hula hoop. We would throw horseshoes. We could be kids together. It was like playing with mom when I was a kid.
Example 2	My two daughters, you know trying to change his bed linens. One would be up on bed, and they would be bouncing back and forth to turn him. And he’d even lay there and he’d say, “Hon, look at these two nuts. They’ll never change. Look at these two.” He had a wonderful sense of humor right to the end.