hospice

Yesterday Jeff's Grandma went under hospice care. Oma was 91 when Jeff and I married and has just turned 101; Her life since I've known her has been slowly getting smaller and our visits fewer due to health issues. Her poor body is just tired.

No matter how old someone is, I've found, it still doesn't take away the sadness. The family we've known since the minute we were born, the staples at birthday parties and holidays, the matriarchs and patriarchs of the family...

My prayers are with Oma today, I wish her peace and hope she knows her family is with her as she gets ready to see Carl again.

Sue

pieces of quiet

6:25 am and it is still quiet in the house -- that doesn't happen too often. I've folded laundry, put on coffee, uploaded some pix, checked work/home email -- in the quiet stillness of the house.

It seems that quiet is something we crave when we don't have it and then one day I've heard houses become 'too quiet' -- after grandkids leave, when kids go off to college, when we lose someone we love...

So for me today, I will look at these pieces of quiet as tiny gifts, that are sprinkled throughout the day. Not necessarily the best part -- but a part of the many gifts I get each day being a mom right smack dab in the middle of this amazing life.

Sue

hidden blessings

So this morning I think of my Uncle Tony, just diagnosed yesterday with Esophageal cancer.
Hold on... Gracie needs 'HELP' put on Swan Lake Barbie's wings.
Just a minute... Now a demonstration of how the fairies fly... wings down first, then up (just so you know)

This is a brief glimpse into the life of a mom with a 6 and 3 year old. No thought gets completed, no task goes without interruption, no demand is too small to stop the world. I believe this is exactly as it should be. As my Aunt and Uncle trudge down this road of the unknown and scary, I pause and think of them. I send prayers and good thoughts. I know I am blessed as my biggest challenge of the day has been putting on a pair of wings.

Sue

blue nailpolish

So, we start out the morning with demands of blue nail polish, tom and jerry and belgian waffles. OK - there have been worse days. The cat cries to be let out, Jeff has an early morning meeting and I am home today... Today is Tuesday, one of my 2 days at home as I work part-time. The good news? Many of the demands can be met today.

I think of my grandma this morning and send a prayer. I think of my friends Tina and Kim and wish them strength, I think of my mom and wish her the same and at the end of the day, I am blessed.

Fundamentally, all is well and I get to spend a large chunk of my day with Gracie and Ty --
Sue