When I arrived home this afternoon after going to Rotary, the Y, and Whole Foods, I found Kate and the sitter in what we used to call Kate’s office. I now just refer to it as Kate’s room. She still has an office chair, a desk and a printer in there, but she hasn’t used them in several years. She keeps most of her clothes in the closet and uses it as a dressing room as well as retreat when she is tired of being in our bedroom or the family room.
Kate was sitting on the bed, back to the headboard and legs stretched out in front of her, working jigsaw puzzles on her iPad. Anita was sitting in a chair watching something on the TV. I asked if they had been back to Panera. Anita said they had. That would have been Kate’s third time today. I took her for her breakfast muffin. Then I took her there for lunch before I going to Rotary. As Anita was leaving, I thanked her. Then Kate said, “I thank you too. I felt better having you with me.”
I had wondered if the sitter provided Kate with a sense of security. Her comment suggests that she does. Perhaps that is why she has been so accepting. At any rate, it always makes me feel good that she is so comfortable with my leaving her with a sitter.
