I slept last night. Deep, natural, body relaxing sleep, the first good sleep in forty-five days; that’s when she fell. When the queen mum was still with us I always slept with one ear listening for the phone. I did that for six years. I would wake up in the middle of a dream and think, where is the cell phone? Jumping up to make sure it was somewhere close so I could hear it and if I couldn’t find it, that meant I left it in the car. Trying not to fully wake up while I’m doing this or I may never get back to sleep. I never had kids but I imagine once you do that you learn to sleep like I did, always on alert. After I got the queen mum Lifeline I felt a little better because if for some reason they couldn’t reach me she was to go to the ER. Though I did have to condition her to this idea. Once she fell three times in the living room on soft carpet hitting soft couch or soft chair. “Are you sure you are okay Miss Grace, I think I’ll call your daughter just to let her know what’s going on.” I was her “Big Brother”. I don’t have to worry about that anymore, I could leave my cell phone in the car all night if I wanted to, or not even answer it. It feels good, but it also felt good having someone to care about.
The Buzzy Donahue Show 