GotGarlic
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Can I also say ditto? Katie, I'm so glad you're feeling better. {{{hugs}}}
Thanks, CG and Dawg, this is the hardest thing, so far, I've ever had to do. I would be lost without my parents. I really wish he would not go out at 1:30 a.m. and shovel it stops snowing. He is 85!!!! Has CHF!!! What does he think he is doing shoveling!!!!
Unless he has a heart condition, or it is frostbite weather, let him do what he considers his contribution.
It has been more than 1 year since my Mom came home from the hospital. The dr. told me 3-5 mos. She's proved him wrong. Her 85th b'day is coming up--March 16th (St. Urho's day). I asked her what she wanted for her b'day dinner--LOW walleye from Birch Beach. Good thing that my godfather is my Mom's godson (also my cousin). So I gave him a call and ordered up some walleye. His reply was "I guess I better go fishing!" I told him if he can send it on the bus or UPS that would work. "Nah, I think I can drive the 2 hours to hand deliver it to my favorite auntie and we can have a walleye feast." Gotta love family. My cousins, my Dad, and my uncle have been sooooooo good to me since my brother passed away. They have wrapped me in a cocoon of familial love. And my friends have been there too, but gosh darn, love, love my extended family. Little things mean a lot.
I don't know that I will make her happy, but I do know that she is my east, my west, my north, my south. She is my everything. She makes me laugh every day. I love her to the moon and back.You know CWS, I always have told my kids, "Family First". Pirate always tells his kids, You have several good friends, maybe today, maybe not. And that includes a spouse. But you only have "one family ".
I am so glad you are going to make your mother so happy. At her age, she deserves it. And you get some of that too.
CW, your post made me cry - in a good way. You certainly are blessed. You and your family deserve a...Gotta love family. My cousins, my Dad, and my uncle have been sooooooo good to me since my brother passed away. They have wrapped me in a cocoon of familial love. And my friends have been there too, but gosh darn, love, love my extended family. Little things mean a lot.
I don't know that I will make her happy, but I do know that she is my east, my west, my north, my south. She is my everything. She makes me laugh every day. I love her to the moon and back.
Although, tonight when I was transferring her to bed, I told her to hang on tight, that I would never let her go. And she told me that she'd never let me go, either. Love her so.