Kaiya and I went to visit my Grandma (my mom's mom), she is in an assited living house as she has alzheimers. Its really sad going to visit her as she doesn't remember a thing, and she wont' even remember we were there - but it means something to me that Kaiya will have pictures of her Great Grandma Walker, even if she won't remember her at this time. Going there is hard, we get the same questions over and over - how old is she, what is her name - we (my aunt MJ and I) continue to tell her, as well as that is her great grandaughter. She has no clue who I am until we tell her (over and over) and each time the reaction is the same. I also get comments from her about Kaiya's name, why would I name her that? Its so weird? Would I like to have that name? Its hard to hear, I just brush it off (and thank god Kaiya doesn't understand right now). Its just Kaiya has a different name than those given "back in the day" - and I know she doesn't know any better, she can't help it.
But it is funny too - I have Kallie, who is my therapy dog and whom I have taken to nursing homes - and taking Kaiya into the assisted living place my Grandma is in, Kaiya acted as the 'therapy kid'. Everyone loved her, she brought smiles to their faces - it was great!! So there was multiple positives out of the day today.
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