If you read my last post, “The Dirt on My Mom”, you know we gave the staff at mom’s day care the ultimate challenge: Clean Mom!
In order for them to accomplish the mission, I suggested they recruit a sumo wrestler and call up the National Guard.
After much deliberation, the staff decided to go it alone … after all, they are professionals.
So here’s what happened.
Round one was hard fought from the get go by two worthy opponents, both road tested and ring worthy … bathtub ring that is. And, both were hell bent and determined to win.
It was obvious from the look in the eyes of the competitors, no one was going to be throwing in the towel or waving surrender.
After both sides tested the waters, it got pretty down and dirty. And, although Team Wash Mom did technically wash and change mom, mom continued to prove she was in it to win it!
She countered their every move both physically and verbally with a “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” mindset. Thanks to her instincts, wit and determination, the whole washing experience left a lot to be desired and TWM knew it.
It was not their finest moment.
When the bell rang to signal the end of round one, the referee called it (dramatic pause) a draw!
Team Wash Mom, both weary and wary, was just thankful that there would be a round two, and that it would be scheduled one whole week afer round one. That would give them plenty of time to refresh and rethink their strategy and tactics before giving it another go.
No matter how much I warned them about my mom, her cunning and willpower, they obviously underestimated her … to them she was ninety-one and they had met this challenge with many a nonagenarian prior to her. Next time around they would be more prepared.
In the meantime, I shared in “The Dirt on My Mom” post that I had taken on the role of the new, improved Super Hero, Mr. Clean!
My mantra is , “Fight Dirty! Keep It Clean!”
In order to clean up this old world of ours (as well as my mom) my super strategy was to incorporate the help of other Super Heroes, and the staff at mom’s adult day care are indeed Super Heroes. They are amazing!
You have to be a special breed of humans to be caregivers. Their biggest challenge they have is taking time to care for themselves, because of how much time they devote to caring for others. I love and respect you Super Heroes, one and all.
I have adopted the classic Mr. Clean jingle from commercials produced way back in the fifties as my OFFICIAL Super Hero theme song.
Mom would have been in her thirties and I would have been in elementary school when this was bouncing out of TV screens everywhere.
Come to think of it, that’s about the time we got our first television set.
Time flies when you’re singing Super Hero songs and having good clean fun!
That’s all for now.
I’ll be ringside for round two to give you a blow-by-blow commentary and share with the world the referee’s decision.
My prediction is this competition is far from over.
My eight year old granddaughter, Livi, is a talented, beautiful, creative ball of energy and, like her great grandmother and me, loves to sing!
My 91 Year Old Mom 
