to bed, to rest my heart and mind
By 8:30 this morning I was out of the shower and had birthingway's black bean soup started in the slow cooker.
After Jack's dad got up this morning I took him to the store to pick out a birthday card for his wife. Tomorrow is her 72nd birthday and it will be the last one she celebrates with us :-/
Jack's brother, sister, niece, and BIL came to town to visit with his mom this afternoon. When Jack had left for work, the family came to our house and we feasted on black bean soup and cornbread still warm from the oven. Jack's family had never had this kind of soup before and seemed a bit hesitant until they tried it, and went back for seconds ;-)
We made another trip to the hospital after supper, all 7 of us. It's a nice thing about a small town hospital - no firm visiting hours and no restrictions about the number of visitors. As long as we aren't in the way of the nurses and aren't disturbing other patients, we can all be there.
Jack has someone to cover some of his shift at work tomorrow so that he can be around to celebrate his mom's birthday with the rest of his family. Bittersweet, it will be.
After we got back from the hospital tonight and most of the family had departed, Julia and I played cards with grandpa and Charlotte 'read' him "Pinkalicious". Afterwards, he said "That was real good. I haven't played cards in a long time." With the Littles tucked into bed, Jack's dad and I watched part of the Planet Earth DVD series, both chuckling at scenes of monkeys and exotic birds doing funny little things.
It doesn't seem like a very full day but these days are always emotional draining and I am wiped. Looking forward to closing my eyes tonight, for sure.
After Jack's dad got up this morning I took him to the store to pick out a birthday card for his wife. Tomorrow is her 72nd birthday and it will be the last one she celebrates with us :-/
Jack's brother, sister, niece, and BIL came to town to visit with his mom this afternoon. When Jack had left for work, the family came to our house and we feasted on black bean soup and cornbread still warm from the oven. Jack's family had never had this kind of soup before and seemed a bit hesitant until they tried it, and went back for seconds ;-)
We made another trip to the hospital after supper, all 7 of us. It's a nice thing about a small town hospital - no firm visiting hours and no restrictions about the number of visitors. As long as we aren't in the way of the nurses and aren't disturbing other patients, we can all be there.
Jack has someone to cover some of his shift at work tomorrow so that he can be around to celebrate his mom's birthday with the rest of his family. Bittersweet, it will be.
After we got back from the hospital tonight and most of the family had departed, Julia and I played cards with grandpa and Charlotte 'read' him "Pinkalicious". Afterwards, he said "That was real good. I haven't played cards in a long time." With the Littles tucked into bed, Jack's dad and I watched part of the Planet Earth DVD series, both chuckling at scenes of monkeys and exotic birds doing funny little things.
It doesn't seem like a very full day but these days are always emotional draining and I am wiped. Looking forward to closing my eyes tonight, for sure.