Some Things are Meant To Be.

[azureline**]

3 weeks ago, I walked into a nursing home up the road from our home and asked if they had a vacancy for my father in law. He had been assaulted by his room mate in the nursing home he was in, 3 hours away from us.

A few days later, he moved in, to his own single room with ensuite. (Dementia unit.)

He has settled in well and is content, well cared for and his quality of life is vastly improved. He is eating again and putting weight back on. The staff love him as he is a real gentleman and very caring, as well as having a sense of humour.

We decided to personalise his room and make it more homelike, photos on the walls, a flatscreen tv, a quilt on his bed, now for a comfy chair! So I thought red was the best, brightest and fitting colour.

I looked online and rang some stores without any luck. 😞

This morning I went to HN to get the only one I had found that was suited to the space but brown, as I drove up, my parking spot was in front of a furniture store, you know the ones that are very expensive and you don't go there unless wanting a family heirloom?

I felt like something was telling me to go in...... so I did............ salesperson asked me if I was looking for anything in particular and I replied "yes, not sure if you will have what I want though" and kept walking to the back of the store..........................and there it was, just behind a hallstand!!!!!

A red leather recliner lounge, slightly narrower than the norm.............

Salespersons follows me and said "that chair is half the usual price today, $549 and comes in 3 other colours"

I was expecting to pay $1500 for a yukky brown one in HN................

Salesperson said something was leading me to that spot, as she watched me go straight to it..............

So, I bought it for a bit less than the price and delivered!........................and my OH said he thought it was a bit on the expensive side!!!!

I want to change his curtains now......... wondering if I should strike while things are going well and try Spotlight?

[azureline**]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

lol, we got dad a yucky brown recliner from Harvey Norman   Actually its very comfortable and matches the oak hall table/desk and the timber bookcase units we bought him. His tv is to be mounted on the wall and I'm considering changing his drapes to venetian blinds, maybe timber. His room looks out on a nice garden.

I love that we can personalise the room.

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well, brown would fit with that! sorry. I have an aversion to brown!

However, the bed and bedside chest are pale laminate colour. So... red fits better.

Dad has a nice outdoor patio and we are going to do a hanging garden on the boring paling fence too! It makes it nicer for them and for us because we feel we are doing something to make their lives better. 🙂

[azureline**]

Thanks Newstart. 🙂

I have another story.......................

October is a special month for me, it is why I am here to see my children grow up, marry and have families of their own.

I kept seeing breast cancer awareness everywhere I went for a few weeks and it niggled me................. I made enquiries and discovered that it was for women over 50, 8 years away for me.

However, that niggling voice didn't go away. I asked my GP what I was supposed to look for, how it was supposed to feel. I could not feel anything untoward.

He checked and said all was fine, nothing there but go and have a mammogram if you are concerned.

After another 2 weeks I gave in to that voice................... and discovered I had a very aggressive breast cancer. Something sent me on that path.

[kengillard]

You have a very active Guardian Angel by the look of it Az

[bright.ton42]

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@azureline** wrote:

Thanks Newstart. 🙂

 . Something sent me on that path.

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Yes something definitely did.  I'm glad for you.