29 Mar 09
Grandma loves her parrot. We carry it around for her, and she sleeps with it on her bedside table. Whenever she talks to it, I can never really tell if she really is talking to her parrot in an act of senility, or whether she does it to humour us.
A note on the translation: The name “Fat Bird” is really “Fat Woman Parrot” in Chinese. The word “parrot” is a homonym for the last part of grandma’s name, so “Fat Woman Parrot” sounds like it’s referring to her as well. That’s how she got her nickname as “Fat Woman”.
This is grandma on a good day. I love to see her smile and laugh.
What a sweet exchange. She seems to be having a light moment, whether amusing herself or entertaining you all.
Yep…this is probably my favourite out of all the videos I took.
I think she knows. My mom had cats (real ones) that got left with a sister once she was ill, and so stuffed animal cats took their place in the hospital. Stuffed animals really have a more interesting role in human life, huh?.
Especially ones that repeat what people say!