Family
Closed Caption
Both my mom and dad are hard of hearing to a certain extent. That can make it pretty challenging to watch TV all together. Typically the volume would be too loud for one and not loud enough for the other. Then the fluctuations in the sound between music, voices, background noise, and commercials added another […]
Pacemaker Checkup
Yesterday my mom wasn’t feeling very well – she felt her heart was beating hard and fast. So we checked her pulse. It was normal, but it was skipping every now and again. This, of course, made her pretty frightened. So, we called the doctor and explained the situation. The nurse talked us off the […]
Road to Recovery
It has been a rough couple of days here for sure. Yesterday my mom was in a lot of pain. Not so much from the incision of the pacemaker implantation, but from the overall trauma to her body. She has a bad back to begin with, so the additional stress caused more pain. The surgery was […]
Well Wishers
Today there were so many people who called to check up my mom – her friends, brother and sister, and my siblings. She even received some flowers. Even though she was not able to talk very much, it was great to know that she was in their thoughts and prayers. It helped to lift her […]
Back Home
My dad and I went to the hospital this morning to collect my mom and bring her home. It was a huge relief for all of us, even though she will now need to recover. She said she was happy to come home, but a little scared too since in the hospital all the medical […]
The Pacemaker
I woke up several times last night thinking about my mom’s upcoming surgery. I was happy when it was finally time to get up. My dad and I got to the hospital bright and early, and they had already taken her to get prepared. The nurse took us to the area and we were glad […]
Day in the Emergency Room
The other day, my mom felt something was just not quite right, so she decided to start checking her blood pressure. In doing so, she discovered her pulse was running low at times and then normal at times. Last night I checked it myself just to make sure. It was very low again this morning […]
The Jewelry Store
A few years ago, my siblings and I pitched in and bought my mom a charm bracelet for her birthday. She loves it, but it is so heavy, it makes marks on her wrist when she wears it. Needless to say, she doesn’t wear it very much. For Valentine’s Day, my dad bought her a […]
Rewarded Persistence
A few weeks back, my sister and her husband literally “bought the farm”. They purchased a house complete with a barn and corral on a piece of land. It was a “fixer-upper” and they have been working diligently on getting it move in ready. They spent each weekend and some evenings after work scraping, painting, […]
Appreciating Life
Last night we received a phone call. You know – the one where the phone rings late and you know it is probably bad news. It was. It was my cousin telling us that my aunt had passed away. This is my dad’s sister. Of course there were tears before we made our way to […]
Still Finding God 