Remembering Mom

Today is a day for remembering my mother, Vallanee Rose Luedtke Hayes, who died in January of 2007. Here's a photo of Val taken on May 14, 2005. Ed and I had brought a golf cart from Michigan to Wisconsin for Mom. My Dad and I had talked about how good it would be if Mom could get outside and get around the farm. She already had difficulty walking as the Alzheimer's cloud began to slow her physically.

The golf cart proved to be a wonderful addition to the farm. Mom loved it! Buckled into the passenger side, she again enjoyed seeing the back of the farm. Dad started mowing a perimeter path all around the farm so that the golf cart had its own lane. A ride on the cart to the back of the farm meant viewing the marsh and creek, seeing sandhill cranes or deer, and watching the neighbor's horses.

Here's Mom on what might have been the inaugural ride in the golf cart since the roof has not been installed on the vehicle yet. She has a favorite quilt over her lap and is watching Blackie Dog learn golf cart manners. This little electric vehicle brought lots of joy and comfort for all of us as we rode with Val to see the farm.

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Wanda Hayes Eichler