Well then
The year is nearly over and I am about to lose my typing hand for a bit, so...
It's been one.
Starting out with a crippling injury, followed by flooded basement, then the arrival of Son and family (hallelujah!) and learning to be big and loud again, and then the hailstorm, with adjacent distress, plus several panic trips (and a few scheduled ones) to the hospital with mom....
What have we learned?
Trust yourself - if you feel that you haven't gotten sufficient attention paid by medical folks, God bless 'em, keep pushing. Or learn to walk with a limp for a long, long time.
Trust the love - Giving up your home and habits for the sake of others is okay - give yourself time to get past the "where did they put that THIS time" and to see how bright your life is now that your family is home together - you might even find the stretching of your heart has made room for the ones you had given up on in your heart. Welcome home, Sean. We See you again. Be a welcome guest, David. I will not turn you away.
Buy Insurance from a good company - Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm was there (more like a literal Angel from Heaven in a moment of deepest despair, let's be honest!) and there again, and there again! The clan survives!
Let the Lord decide - I know that Mom is getting tired, but also that she isn't ready yet. Let the Lord and Mom figure it out between them, we'll just be here loving and helping until they settle it between them. She never thought she'd be 87, so every day now is gravy, right?
Trust your friends - they are there for you and help you in ways you would never have dreamed of, just as you will be there for them.
Family is Good - I have been so blessed by having the kids here! My darling daughter in law is such a help - she makes dinner most nights and I didn't know how much that was wearing me out until I didn't have to! (Of course, dinner for two wasn't near as much work as dinner for seven!) My grandsons are remarkable young men - complex and tricky and warm and loving - helpful or lazy as seems most likely to surprise - and remind me how much I still don't know! And my little Kira, my angel-child from heck, the most wonderful loving little disaster on two feet! The things she manages to find to get into! The way my heart contracts when she runs to me for kisses!
Having the kids here, we have healed an old hurt and Sean is part of the family again - he is Grandpa in truth now, not just biological fact. My heart has stopped bleeding.
And so today. I will be having Carpal Tunnel surgery in a few hours, and then typing (and other useful things) should be much less painful after I heal. Right? Right? And there is no reason to be nervous over such a minor procedure...and maybe we'll do the left hand two after this one is healed and happy.
So, although I won't be typing a greeting for Christmas (or maybe new year's?) I wish you all the happiest of holidays and a joyous and Safe New Year!
Love, Me.
It's been one.
Starting out with a crippling injury, followed by flooded basement, then the arrival of Son and family (hallelujah!) and learning to be big and loud again, and then the hailstorm, with adjacent distress, plus several panic trips (and a few scheduled ones) to the hospital with mom....
What have we learned?
Trust yourself - if you feel that you haven't gotten sufficient attention paid by medical folks, God bless 'em, keep pushing. Or learn to walk with a limp for a long, long time.
Trust the love - Giving up your home and habits for the sake of others is okay - give yourself time to get past the "where did they put that THIS time" and to see how bright your life is now that your family is home together - you might even find the stretching of your heart has made room for the ones you had given up on in your heart. Welcome home, Sean. We See you again. Be a welcome guest, David. I will not turn you away.
Buy Insurance from a good company - Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm was there (more like a literal Angel from Heaven in a moment of deepest despair, let's be honest!) and there again, and there again! The clan survives!
Let the Lord decide - I know that Mom is getting tired, but also that she isn't ready yet. Let the Lord and Mom figure it out between them, we'll just be here loving and helping until they settle it between them. She never thought she'd be 87, so every day now is gravy, right?
Trust your friends - they are there for you and help you in ways you would never have dreamed of, just as you will be there for them.
Family is Good - I have been so blessed by having the kids here! My darling daughter in law is such a help - she makes dinner most nights and I didn't know how much that was wearing me out until I didn't have to! (Of course, dinner for two wasn't near as much work as dinner for seven!) My grandsons are remarkable young men - complex and tricky and warm and loving - helpful or lazy as seems most likely to surprise - and remind me how much I still don't know! And my little Kira, my angel-child from heck, the most wonderful loving little disaster on two feet! The things she manages to find to get into! The way my heart contracts when she runs to me for kisses!
Having the kids here, we have healed an old hurt and Sean is part of the family again - he is Grandpa in truth now, not just biological fact. My heart has stopped bleeding.
And so today. I will be having Carpal Tunnel surgery in a few hours, and then typing (and other useful things) should be much less painful after I heal. Right? Right? And there is no reason to be nervous over such a minor procedure...and maybe we'll do the left hand two after this one is healed and happy.
So, although I won't be typing a greeting for Christmas (or maybe new year's?) I wish you all the happiest of holidays and a joyous and Safe New Year!
Love, Me.