Recently, Ruby went to meet one of her namesakes, Rosalynn. Actually, Rosalynn has never used her name because her father wanted a boy. Therefore, he called her Boy. When she turned 13, he finally conceded that she was not going to be a boy and began calling her "Bo" which she was known as for the rest of her life. I would love to know what Bo's mother thought of all this. When I met Mama Bo, she was still sharp as a tack and told me a story of wanting to marry Jamey's grandfather. Jamey's grandfather proposed to Bo without asking her father's permission (I guess he thought he wouldn't get it.) Bo was on a toll bridge with her dad when she brought it up. By the end of crossing the bridge, her dad had consented that if she truly loved this boy, she could marry him. Bo was so excited she lost the toll ticket and they had to pay a large fine to exit the bridge.
Mama Bo is very happy at her new nursing home and it was very nice. She has horrible short term memory, but pretty good long term memory. It's a circle of life type realization when you take a baby to a nursing home. Both Ruby and Mama Bo require bibs to eat, lots of care from others and are happy with their lot in life. It's a good reminder to live life to the fullest while you are physically fit.
The nice thing about the short term memory is that you can tell Mama Bo over and over about her namesake and she is completely excited each and every time. Again, a trait Ruby shares except that she garters a little more information each time.
Ruby: What is that?!?
Ruby: Oh, my hand.
Ruby: What is that?!?
Ruby: Oh cool. A hand. What are those?!? Oh, fingers.
3 comments:
I know what you mean about that whole "Circle of life" thing. When I see my 80 year old grandfather holding my baby, I can't help but think about the similarities between how we come into the world, and go out. I wanted to name my baby after a living relative, but, apperantly, it is not a kosher thing to do in the Jewish religion, so we named her after a deceased relative. By the way, hoodie towell very cute. Oh, and something to look forward to -- When your baby reaches about five months old, she will suddenly start coveting everything you eat. She will watch you put every bite into your mouth and then look at you like you are a cruel and evil lord who will not let her eat pizza or chocolate. :) I think Tabitha is ready to start solids.
It's a good sign that, when your infant is trying to commendeer your pizza, they might be ready for solids. I'll keep that in mind. I looked up the Jewish name thing. "the angel of death, an easily confused spirit, might take the baby by mistake when coming for the older relative" I think of all the spirits out there, I wish that Death was not the easily confused one!
Yikes! I had no idea that was why you didn't name babies after living relatives. You would think a spirit with such an important job would at least be competant enough to check his list twice :)
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