Why don't you...(fabulous tips from the world of Al)

Give the gift that keeps on giving.

Why don't you...

Give your loved one a present EVERY DAY! Make a birthday or Christmas last for a couple of months....

I gained this insight when I went to visit my Mum, who has Alzheimer's and all of my friends convinced me to buy her a gift. Not just any gift but a Pashmina Shawl that cost me a couple a hundred bucks! So I wrap it nicely and when I give it to Mum she carefully opens it and looks at it, kind of lost as to what it's supposed to be. My Aunty saves the day by exclaiming, loudly,"Oh Mary, it's a Pashmina. It goes around your neck...ooh, isn't it a lovely colour..."
A light comes on behind my Mum's eyes as she unfolds it and gingerly places it around her shoulders and neck.
"Ooh, thanks love. It's lovely." Mum says smiling. Ten minutes later, obviously warmer than before, she pulls it away from her neck, irritated. Twenty minutes after that it has disappeared into her handbag along with assorted papers, junk mail, the knife and fork she used for breakfast, a diamante earring, an envelope filled with photos and a rock.
The next day it's draped across the back of the couch like a throw. I gather it up and fold it and put it in her bedroom. The day after that, it's wrapped around her waist like an Obe-I can't work out whether it's more Geisha than Sumo. In the afternoon, I find it stuffed between a couple of cushions.
I pull it out again and fold it neatly, putting it back in her drawer in her bedroom. The next morning I find it wrapped around her pillow. The actual pillow is no where to be seen. The pillow case includes the yellow pages, yesterday's newspaper, a plate, two knives, a fork, three teaspoons and the jumper she wore two days ago and a bra. It all sits there like a great pink rock formation.
The following day the pashmina is nowhere to be seen. In fact it's never to be seen again. Where ever it disappeared to is a complete mystery.


So, Why don't you give them the present on day one!

"Oh lovely, it's a ........." they say.
" Yes, you put it on your (around your) (in your) ....." you say.
"Oh thank you, I'll put it on, around,in my ....", they say.

Day two just a repeat of day one really.

Day three - same as day one and day two - you get the picture.... you could go on for weeks if you have the stamina.