I’ve always heard bad luck comes in threes. Don’t you believe it! It comes in waves. Tsunami-sized tidal waves with a single goal: to drown you. Alzheimer’s nightmarish months leading up to the death of my mother in June; the blood, sweat … [Read more...]
The Ride is Over
It’s been a little over a month since Mama died; the rollercoaster ride through hell had ended. A month. Hard to believe. Every day has been stuffed full with the cleaning out my parents’ house... trip after trip to the landfill, boxes and … [Read more...]
A Year Later….
This time last year Ethan was in ICU fighting for his life. I find myself alternating between thanking God for his healing and crying as I remember the scariest two weeks this mama has ever experienced. He was septic…a mysterious, very rare … [Read more...]
Beauty from a “Beast”
THIS is the wood for the floors? I thought to myself, incredulous, horrified. It had to be the ugliest wood I’dever seen. Ragged ends, split and gnawed off, knot-holed. <Groan> What a mistake! A huge mistake. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. … [Read more...]
The “Mistake”
I shared, in an earlier blog, how my mother has Alzheimer’s. I was blown away and humbled by all the friends who offered prayers and words of encouragement after I posted it. Thank you for that, and please don’t stop. This is a hard journey. Now … [Read more...]
Fighting an Unseen Enemy…
The thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of my youngest son’s echo-cardiogram brings tears to my eyes. The last time I heard something like that, was when he was still inside me. Now, almost twenty-four years later, he’s in the ICU, in critical condition with some … [Read more...]