Mother Has Her Children On Her Mind

Dennis was helping Mother dress for bed. This can be a very slow process. He asked her to sit down so he could take her shoes off. She said "I can do that." Dennis said "But isn't it nice to have people do things for you?" She said  "I have children. I hope they know that."

Mother has been talking more than she did, but saying "I have children" twice in a week - after never mentioning us at all - this is new.