My Trip with the Senior Gang 1/29 - 2/5 (Long)

[Shelby5514]

Thanks for posting your trip report, I really enjoyed every day! I'm just sad that it took me so long to find it. I'd love to see the Splash Mtn. photo, all I see is the little red X. DH and I are taking his parents (63 & 59) and my mom (73) to WDW in Feb 06. We took my mom in 01 and she still talks about it as if it were yesterday. It's an amazing feeling to see the world through someone else's eyes. Once again, Thanks for sharing!

 

[Minniespal]

Enjoyed reading your reports ~ Thanx for posting.

 

[jennymouse]

Thanks for the responses. Surprised to see it back on page one. Becky, I somehow deleted the Splash photo out of photobucket. Opps.

 

[ljb9539]

I loved reading your report - so cute - I would have loved to take my Auntie to DW but I never got a chance... but she would have been just like gladys the whole trip! Thanks for sharing... if you put the photo back up I would LOVE to see it...

Laura

ps - thanks for keeping it all in one post - easy to read and follow!

 

[jennymouse]

Okay, dusted off the ol' scanner just for you guys. We're in the last two rows. Gladys & Clyde in the very back row...notice Gladys's rain bonnet.hehe

 

[ljb9539]

Thanks for reposting that - CLASSIC is all I have to say.

I loved reading your trip report --- I will have to watch for when you write more... Have a great weekend!

Thanks!

 

[Shelby5514]

Jenifer, Thanks for posting the pic! What a hoot! I wish I could get my mom and in-laws on Splash...heck I'd be happy if I could get my DH on it! He's such a weenie!

 

[aspcamhreditor2]

Hey Guys ....

Can anyone help me regarding jennymouse's thread describing her trip w/ her father and aunt & uncle? In looking through these, stuff seems to skip from their day at MGM to the day they leave. I tried to look back through these, but I can't find the intermediate days.

I thought this was a great report and I would LOVE to ready the rest of it.

THANKS!

AHR

 

[isla bonita]

jbarclay@v21mail.co.ukgreat job, enjoyed every minute.
Can't wait to read mors.

 

[Piglet54]

This is one of the best trip reports ever! Thanks jennymouse! LOVED the photo of Gladys and Clyde. Thanks for posting it again.

 

[imsorry]

Wow - I just discovered your trip report! It's one of the most wonderful I have ever read! 3 ECV's!!

You did a wonderful thing bringing the seniors and giving them a chance to feel young again! What good sports to go on Splash Mountain! My husband still has to drag me every time! You made some wonderful memories (I bet your Mom was riding along the whole time!)

Thanks for a great report

 

[PeterPanette]

That got Dad up. Denture wearers get panicky when they think something has happened to their teeth. For good reason I guess. Dad forgot the no peeking rule and came to see what happened and caught be in my undies. Our eyes meet in the mirror and he turned around and shuffled back to bed. I told him what I did and that his teeth were okay, then picked them up, put them back in the glass and ran some water over them.

It’s strange what will trigger memories, but handling Dad’s false teeth brought back when Mom was sick and I brushed hers for her every morning. When the cancer in her brain got to affecting her bad, she would clinch her teeth and wouldn’t let me have them. She even bit me once. After a couple days, they looked like she’d been eating cottage cheese so I caught her asleep and dug them out of her mouth and brushed them. The hospice nurse that checked on us every day told me not put them back in, but when Dad took his shift he gave them to her again. Denture wearers stick together too.

Dad and I both still struggle with images of “Sick Mom” and long for more images of “Well Mom.” We had the choice of either taking care of Mom at home during her last days versus taking her to the Hospice floor at St Joseph Hospital. Before she got bad, she’d said that she wanted to die at home so we went with her wishes of course. It wasn’t easy doing the things we had to do to take care of her most basic needs. There are things the body does during its final days that I’ll spare you the details of. I’m not sure, but I think if she’d known she would’ve opted to go to the Hospice center. We could’ve still been with her all day & night but the nurses would’ve taken care of these things that sometimes still come into our heads when we think of Mom. It’s getting better all the time though.

Okay, you now hold the record for taking me from out loud belly laughs to crying, in the course of 3 paragraphs, flat.

I haven't read the rest of your report yet, and so haven't read the responses yet, either. So, I don't know who bumped this wonderful report up to to the top, but I'd like to thank them. I'm really enjoying this!

 

[Mel6197]

If I could I would Just Hug you now!!

What a Sweet Trip Report!!! Loved it.. And thanks so much for re-posting the Splash Photo!!

 

[S. C.]

This is one of the best trip reports ever! Thanks jennymouse! LOVED the photo of Gladys and Clyde. Thanks for posting it again.

ITA I'm so glad you reposted the picture, It's priceless.

 

[BlueBayou]

jennymouse,

What a great trip report. My parents and I took wonderful family vacations every year until my dad died suddenly at 54. It is great that you guys are still traveling. I think my mom and I always felt like we would miss dad too much.

It's been 13 years since my dad died and my mom is starting to travel with senior tour groups. I know she misses sharing with him, but she is having fun seeing new parts of the world.

That picture on Splash Mountain it the best!

Sher

 

[DisneyDame]

jennymouse,

Thanks for posting such a wonderful trip report!!!

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