Re: My Sister Joyce OT

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Dear Imogene,

I can just see you standing near the piano, belting out the song! I think you

are right - singing does put people in a better frame of mind.

Sending you hugs,

Helene

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> Well, Helene, you come up bubbling all the time.

>

> I'll tell you what, I didn't do a lot of bending or handling anything

> heavy, and was feeling pretty good today. In fact, before lunch a woman sat at

> the piano, who is ninety-five. She plays by ear, and bangs pretty loud. I

> asked her to play You Are My Sunshine, as everyone knows that song.

>

> I already had a bib on like all the residents as I want to fit in with them

> to make them comfortable, Anyway, I got up in front of everyone in the

> dining hall with my bib hanging, and sang loud and lusty. I called out to

them,

> " Come on everybody lets sing, " and I got a big group of the residents

> singing. Some down right surprised me. Some of the men were singing too. We

agreed

> to do more of it.

>

> Can you imagine the quality of our " music " ? But it sure was fun.

> I didn't care and they didn't care, we just all belted it out. To me that

> is the way to have fun. It sure got many of the heads lifted, too. They were

> far more perky for the meal. The nurses were laughing too.

>

> That was before my son and his wife came to see us.

>

> Yes, hugs and kisses all around.

> Imogene

>

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> In a message dated 4/25/2009 8:23:32 PM Central Daylight Time,

> hgm54@... writes:

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> >

> > Imogene,

> > You are amazing!!! How are you feeling? We just got back from seeing Mom

> > a few minues ago -she wasn't great for a good part of the afternoon, and

> > then perked up at 4 PM - go figure.

> >

> > Hugs and kisses are the absolute best - my Mom can't get enough of them,

> > and we can't give her enough!

> >

> > Sending you many hugs and kisses with love,

> > Helene

> >

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