my mom

Here's my mom! Ruth Sparks Wensel Zahner. For years I sent her Father's Day cards because of the dual role she filled in my life.
She fell down in the nursing home and broke her hip. Since then, she's maneuvered herself out of that chair on several ocassions just to fall again. One sharp old lady/escape artist. :-)
When I went to see her over vacation she had no idea who I was, Bill or my dear sister. Physically, she's my mom. I think her mind has already taken residence in Hallelujah Square.
I owe her so much!

I have no contact with my father. This is my mom, Ruth Frances Sparks Wensel Zahner. She filled the role of both mother and father in my life. Mom was spending Christmas with my dear sister Rose. Mom was 74 on Dec. 29. Afflicted with Alzheimers, she is some stranger lurking in my mother's body. Almost like one of Travers' sci-fi movies, it's as if she's been possessed. Sometimes you can't help but wonder who this woman is and what happened to "mom." Ocassionally scary thoughts enter my mind as I wonder if this will be me in 20 years? I'm glad and relieved there's a God who takes care of these details so I don't have to worry.