I asked Dad what special things he did for Mom while she was sick. These are the answers he gave:
Mom enjoyed going in her wheelchair to the Coast Guard Station at the beach and sitting on the end of the wooden ramp. She enjoyed watching the tide come in and out. Mom enjoyed eating breakfast in a restaurant at the pier—she would sneak biscuits out of the restaurant to feed the seagulls.
Mom liked to go to the grocery store because she enjoyed seeing her friends—it was a social gathering.
She enjoyed sitting on the back patio, watching the bird feeder, and listening to the chimes.
They drove near the base of one of the bridges and sat in the car at the pilot boat dock so she could look out. It is beautiful there. Pelicans and seagulls sit atop the old wooden pylons, where the sun sets behind them.
On one of the last trips to the Mayo Clinic, instead of taking I-95 home, they took A1A along the Coastal Highway. They also rode on the car ferry. They went to Fernandina and ate at Spanky’s Restaurant on the water's marsh side and sat on the deck for a long time.
She loved watching the squirrels eat the sunflower seeds he placed on the window seal by her bed.
Thank you, Dad, for all the sacrifices you made and for the care you provided for Mom.
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