At Least I Didn't Have Plans Today...

[Carol Dee]

My 5 year old Grandson is a collector of all things cool to a 5 year old. There is never a rock that's not beautiful enough for his collection. Every empty box has artistic potential. I remember finding a very tiny dried up frog in the pocket of his Mom's farmer jeans at about the same age.

Oh the memories that triggered @catjac1975 Pockets where emptied with some caution 'cause you never knew what would be in there! LOL

 

[Carol Dee]

finders keepers she claims

That has been my philosophy Although if the entire wallet was left I was kind enough to return it. But loose change and bills where mine. I have gotten lax about checking and have washed his cell phone SEVERAL times Oops.

 

[catjac1975]

That has been my philosophy Although if the entire wallet was left I was kind enough to return it. But loose change and bills where mine. I have gotten lax about checking and have washed his cell phone SEVERAL times Oops.

I washed many cell phones when we first got them, too. 2 in one week once.

 

[Carol Dee]

I washed many cell phones when we first got them, too. 2 in one week once.

Yep, one even made it to the dryer!

 

[digitS']

Some of this relates to what I have been thinking about lately.

I have never had a very good memory for everyday things. Really! I'm always returning for something I forgot. But, I seem to do okay with the casual sort of routine stuff.

I did, however, wash my wallet once. It wasn't as horrible as it might sound. Most everything dried with no damage and I was able to accomplish that with just 24hrs of warm furnace air and without DW learning of it !

I once stepped into the shower with a hearing aid. Only one, don't know quite how that happened but I probably didn't turn towards the running water until ... it was too late! Repair job !

Ya know, once in so many years (& ears ), ain't bad! I worry about memory loss now, however.

What would it be like to forget how to drive? I mean the basics, not like street names and where they intersect. What would it be like to not recognize the difference between brake and accelerator pedals? What about the purpose of speed signs and lanes on a street? A young person might imagine that someone who wouldn't know would likely be in some sort of vegetative state. Someone of my age, knows better.

Just go back several years, kiddo. It's a long time for me but at 19, you ain't far from pre-school. And, looking through the car windows, did you really know what the signs meant, where the cars were to be driven, and how to drive them? Were you in a vegetative state at 4 years old?

We might believe that skills long practiced are second nature until learning that people we are close to have lost all of these skills. And, we realize that some of the folks with the confused or distracted or vacant look behind the eyes are about our age ...

Steve

 

[journey11]

I am glad to hear this had a happy ending and that you were there to help him when it happened. How scary.
I hope he will use this opportunity to talk with his doc about getting something to help with his anxiety too.

 

[so lucky]

I am glad to hear this had a happy ending and that you were there to help him when it happened. How scary.
I hope he will use this opportunity to talk with his doc about getting something to help with his anxiety too.

We have already done that, journey. I think he is finally doing better in that respect, thankfully

 

[Carol Dee]

We have already done that, journey. I think he is finally doing better in that respect, thankfully

That is wonderful news. Anxiety can be stressful for everyone. Prayers that things continue to improve in 2016