We had just delivered Mom to her new home in Bloomington over a year and a half ago and we were worried. We weren't certain we had done the right thing. So many unknowns for all of us. Second thoughts.
But when Jill leaned forward, reached around Mom's torso and quietly and confidently took charge in the Kell Avenue garage that fall day, we got a really good feeling, a flood of relief.
A year and a half later we still feel that way. Thanks to Jill and all the other members of the wonderful Welcome Home staff, Mom is getting great care every day and we're absolutely delighted with the entire set up.
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| Jill with the favorite strawberry surprise angel cake.. prepared by master baker Marcia, background. Mother awaits her slice. |
We celebrate that today, but especially Jill. It's her birthday. So Happy Birthday to you Jill, thank you for all you do for mother. You really care about her, and you still give us that great feeling, just knowing you're there with her.
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We don't take many pictures of Jill. It's an activity she prefers to avoid. But yesterday's party was a special occasion. The top photo was finessed by Kathleen while Jill opened gifts from well-wishers on the back deck at Kell. Stan, not so clever, snapped the one with her wearing the birthday tiara.
Jill does enjoy a good joke. Mother delivered the punch line to this one yesterday, which we suspect she learned from Jill. There were giggles all around, when Mom deadpanned:
How do you make a Kleenex dance?
. . . You put a little boogie in it.
