MOM...

A few weeks back I took mom to lunch, to one of her favorite restaurants. The M and M grill in Colon Michigan. I personally think it is a grease pit, since I do not eat stuff like that (we do not eat fast foods or greasy foods-fried foods)...but mom likes the toasted cheese sandwiches they make.  They do grill stuff there, a few items-so I can try to be a bit choosy what I eat.

 Mom was not too happy though, they really grilled her sandwich too much, it was 'too done'. The restaurant is under new ownership, and the new owners I have noticed ( in my opinion) do not have the same caring attitude about their customers-

It was hard for mom to chew since it was too done, but stubborn as she is, she would not let them re-do it.  

Restaurants really need to pay attention to details like that, especially for the elderly-and young children-who you can figure, might have a hard time chewing!

I notice as I age, people in general-do NOT pay attention to details that help us 'older' people out. 

Example:  I think that Younger people talk very fast, and as you age and do not hear well, it makes it hard to hear everything they say.  I am constantly asking people to slow down how they talk, or to speak up..  Yes, I admit that I need  a hearing aid, but when insurance does not pay for it, it comes down to this:  do I get a hearing aid?  Or do we pay our house payment for the next 4 months?  Well, no hearing aid.  House payment wins.

The damage to my ear occurred when I worked as a nurse in the hospital and the free standing birth centers, I use to listen to the fetal heart tones with the hand held doppler holding it up to my ear, if mom was asleep so I would not awaken her.  I was really good at doing that, not disturbing the mom.  Now -the result? My hearing in that left ear is going.  If I could do it all over again, sorry moms, I would not care if I awoke you !  But I would be able to hear now.

So back to the story-this waitress -should have look at that sandwich and said to the cook, NO, this is for a older person, and you cooked it too hard -re do it please.  But no, she does not. She just brings it out.  A toasted cheese sandwich should not be as hard as a brick. Ever. 

Mom still enjoyed getting out of the house.  Enjoyed the day...the drive...and liked spending time with one of her daughters.

I think I finally got mom to smile a little...