See the princess with the bow in her hair? I didn't either. Small students were working on a collage of things that begin with S. They were choosing images from a basket well-stocked with pictures of shells, ships, socks, soccer, smiles, sheep, snakes, snowflakes, plus sugar and spice and everything nice.
This is a bad cellphone photo, but you get the idea of their collage collaboration. They found pictures of a snowman, spaghetti, the space shuttle, and Snow White! Yes, that brunette with the bow in her hair must be Snow White, or at least Annette Funicello.
On a more serious note, Dad can no longer remember his SSN#, and he is hazy about his date of birth. This is complicating matters as we try to update his mailing address with various financial, insurance, and governmental entities. Banks want to chat with Dad about these security issues. Dad can hardly hold the cellphone to his ear, and he is pulling random numbers out of the air.
My parents did a great job of preparing for cremation, do-not-resuscitate orders, power of attorney, and many financial transitions. They faced their own mortality, stashed away funds for their old age, paid off their mortgage, and tried to arrange their affairs. Still, they couldn't visualize my father outliving his younger wife. They didn't realize their art teacher/power of attorney daughter would be so dense. They avoided the scenario of long-term care in a skilled nursing facility with vastly decreased cognitive abilities. Who can blame them? Who wants to imagine themselves in that picture?
Can you say s-s-s-s-SCARY?
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But we do want to imagine everyone bowling!
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