Saturday, January 03, 2009

Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group!



Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to the Sat Chat. I don't know if we'll have much a group today,but I hope we will.


As many of you know, Amy and Michael have received the referral for little LynnMarie. You can go visit their blog 'When Love Takes You In' to see this little darling!

THE CHAT ROOM IS NOW CLOSED...HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND EVERYONE!

Friday, January 02, 2009

We're Home :)


We arrived home late last night. Back to the land of snow and cold. The drive home was memorable, whenever my 3 kids are together in a car for 12 hours...it is madness :P. Oh...and add to it that we ate enchiladas the night before...Tyler was a constant source of gas!
It was nice to be able to relax a bit and sleep in my own bed last night. There must have been an amazing storm while we were away because our basketball hoop blew down and our dog pen was lifted up and blown 10 feet from where it originally stood.
Hospice is in place for my Grandmother in Kansas City and my Aunt is meeting with a full time caregiver on Saturday, so I am hoping that things will work ok for everyone. Thank you for all of your prayers.
I am back at work today and glad to have something different to focus on for a little while.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Thank Your for your Prayers and Support...


This has been a very difficult week for my family. When I arrived here in Kansas City and saw my Grandmother, it was clear that we needed to get her to the emergency room. She has reached the place with her illness where she no longer wants to eat and she is very weak. She was in the hospital for 2.5 days receiving iv treatments and was evaluated by the doctors. I slept in the hospital with her one night and my Aunt the next. I am blessed by the night I was able to spend alone with my Grandmother.
Despite all of my Aunt's efforts, we knew that we needed help. We engaged hospice and they delivered a hospital bed and some other items that will be needed to enable my Grandmother to stay in her home yesterday. Today we meet with the hospice nurse. My Grandmother now requires 24 hour a day care. We are trying to keep her comfortable, her cancer has traveled to the bones in her side and she is in a lot of pain.
I am very grateful that I have such a strong and wonderful family. And that includes members who are not related by blood, but are family just the same. I have learned in this life that family isn't defined by genetics and my family includes many who do not share my dna.
A very special thank you to my Aunt Karen who does not read this blog. I wouldn't have made it though this week without you. And to Margaret who does read it, thank you for being there this week and helping us get to where we are today. Because of you, I will be able to return home and know that my Aunt and my Grandmother are in the best situation possible right now.
Thank you to my blog sisters who have showered me with strenght and love through your e-mails and comments. I sit most days in my Aunt's office right next to my Grandmother's room so I can hear if she wakes up. I sit here and read your comments and e-mails to pass the time and give me strength.
Thank you Robin. I love you. You are such a wonderful friend. Thank you for constantly sending me information and keeping in touch all throughout the days.
To my Aunt Pam who does not read this often: I love you and you are doing a great job and you are strong enough to lead our family. I am so sorry that I live so far away and that this is all on your shoulders.
It will be just you and me for a while until our children are fully grown, we'll walk together in this life and my Mother and Grandma will walk together in heaven. But we can make it and they will help us.