What's in a name?

Today Farmer man has not felt well --He has been taking one kind of med. and they changed it. I don't know if that is what is wrong or if he has had another little stroke. He called me his two sister's names all day ---the sisters that are dead. I asked if he knew me this morning and he said I was them. The physical therapist said he could tell he was not himself. He went with me to the barn this morning and he threw the hay out for the cows and i got the goat feed and let him feed them. When we had been back in the house only a few minutes he thought we had to go do what we had just done. I called our DR. and he said watch him he might be getting a urinary tract infection. In the midst of everything though there is rays of fun or something to laugh about. Tonight after supper and I was clearing table I leaned over and hugged him and asked if he knew me tonight and he said ---I WAS, "JUMPING WEED"---I laughed and told him that was the best name I had ever had. Jumping Weed fits me pretty well because I am always jumping around doing many things. He thought it was funny too.

Later in the evening he asked if i was going with him in the morning? I asked,"Where are we going". To Miss Yoes's to eat breakfast with her---I told him I wish we could but mother was dead 7yrs this mo. then he didn't remember that and asked could we go to the house and stay all night I told him it wasn't our house anymore. Then I told him I could cook him a breakfast like mother ---we will have ham, eggs and homemade biscuits and gravy if he likes. The day was a day to remember and it was not a bad day.

Love,
"Jumping Weed"--Marie
My American Indian Name I guess.