Previously, In My Life.
My dad turned 65 on Thursday, so on Saturday myself, my sister, brother, sis-in-law and both the kids went up to the hospital to have lunch with him. He seemed to make a real effort for the day - got dressed, cleaned up and was waiting in the lobby when we arrived. He made it about an hour and a half before he said he had to go back to bed, which
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Thank you. <3 You know, seven years ago when The Nephew was born, we thought Dad didn't have two years left in him and here he is, still hanging on, so you can never tell I guess. But his quality of life is pretty sucky - 95% home-bound and that other 5% is someone else driving him to appointments that end up wiping him out for days afterwards. When you've reached the point where you don't come to holiday gatherings or your grandson's birthday party and you are in and out of the hospital on a regular basis - idk, I just know I wouldn't have the drive to fight it like that forever.
Things have been so hectic lately for everyone, it seems.
My sister and I were just talking about it, how crazy this summer has seemed, how we can't remember the last time we had a evening to ourselves without a million things to do. Yet if you ask me - well then what have you been doing this summer? - I won't know what to tell you! I just know I haven't hardly had a quiet moment in months!
I hope this week goes better for you!
Well, everything in the house seems to be falling apart, but that's making a worse week for my sister than it is for me. (our shower knob has been loose lately and I pulled so hard on it on Wednesday trying to get the shower started that I yanked the whole damn thing right off. Oops).
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