Saturday was a very sleepy day for Mom. The weather outside was dark and dreary, and she took advantage of that by snoozing or going into 'power save' mode.
I fed her dinner slowly as I had to keep nudging her to stay awake. Once the main meal was consumed, the nurse's aide offered 'us' dessert. Tonight's special was chocolate or vanilla pudding. I said that from memory I thought she did not like chocolate pudding.
The aide said that she has always accepted it at other meals.
Mom opened her eyes and started to explain why she did not like chocolate pudding! For someone who considers dessert the main course of the meal, it turns out that she can be quite particular when it comes to chocolate. She explained to me that she would not turn down a dessert with hot fudge sauce. She described how the hot fudge chocolate is rich, thick, and warm. So, vanilla pudding with some strawberry ice cream replaced the chocolate pudding as hot fudge sauce was not on the menu!
Her senses were certainly stimulated by memories of many hot fudge sundaes! Comfort food for a cold and sleepy day.
