I haven't posted in this blog in a while, and I vowed to keep my personal business to myself, but I figured I'd make a post here, and hope for at least some positive feedback.
Yesterday I took my mom out. We were originally supposed to go to Outback, but she awoke in the morning, and decided she didn't want to go there. We then tried to get into a buffet called Cactus Willies, which has great fried chicken, but the line there was out the door. We ended up going to a chinese buffet in the same shopping center as Willies, which we've been going to on and off for ten years. The food was pretty good. I just gave my mom some cash for Mother's Day, and paid for her lunch.
Mom was also touched by the card I bought her. She had originally instructed me not to buy her a card, because she feels expensive cards are a waste of money. Normally, I'd have listened to her, but, with her situation, and the uncertainity, I felt I had to buy her one. I ended up finding a wonderful card for her, for a whopping 60 cents. I wrote her a very touching message, which I wont detail, but I will say that it made her cry.
The forum members know my mom's situation. I hope and pray every day that she beats her diagnosis, and lives for a long time. However, I'm well aware of the potential danger.
My last Mother's Day with my maternal grandmother was in 1994, shortly before my college graduation. We didnt know that would be our last Mother's Day with my grandmother, because at that time she wasn't critically sick. The next Mother's Day, we laid my grandmother to rest, after she had passed away of kidney failiure two days earlier.
My mom knows my fears. She keeps saying to me "I don't even feel sick (Knock on wood). I think I'm going to take treatment, and be okay. I don't feel like I'm going to die anytime soon. " I hope and pray that mom's propechy comes true, every day. The words she said will hopefully come true. From mom's mouth, to God's ears, I pray.
Mom has one more test tomorrow, and then is going to meet with the doctor to discuss treatment, and says she is going to get a second opinion.
I felt blessed to be able to spend yesterday with mom. I hope and pray that I spend many more Mother's Days with her.
Mitch
Yesterday I took my mom out. We were originally supposed to go to Outback, but she awoke in the morning, and decided she didn't want to go there. We then tried to get into a buffet called Cactus Willies, which has great fried chicken, but the line there was out the door. We ended up going to a chinese buffet in the same shopping center as Willies, which we've been going to on and off for ten years. The food was pretty good. I just gave my mom some cash for Mother's Day, and paid for her lunch.
Mom was also touched by the card I bought her. She had originally instructed me not to buy her a card, because she feels expensive cards are a waste of money. Normally, I'd have listened to her, but, with her situation, and the uncertainity, I felt I had to buy her one. I ended up finding a wonderful card for her, for a whopping 60 cents. I wrote her a very touching message, which I wont detail, but I will say that it made her cry.
The forum members know my mom's situation. I hope and pray every day that she beats her diagnosis, and lives for a long time. However, I'm well aware of the potential danger.
My last Mother's Day with my maternal grandmother was in 1994, shortly before my college graduation. We didnt know that would be our last Mother's Day with my grandmother, because at that time she wasn't critically sick. The next Mother's Day, we laid my grandmother to rest, after she had passed away of kidney failiure two days earlier.
My mom knows my fears. She keeps saying to me "I don't even feel sick (Knock on wood). I think I'm going to take treatment, and be okay. I don't feel like I'm going to die anytime soon. " I hope and pray that mom's propechy comes true, every day. The words she said will hopefully come true. From mom's mouth, to God's ears, I pray.
Mom has one more test tomorrow, and then is going to meet with the doctor to discuss treatment, and says she is going to get a second opinion.
I felt blessed to be able to spend yesterday with mom. I hope and pray that I spend many more Mother's Days with her.
Mitch
