With a Grateful Heart....

We took advantage of cooler

weather to weed in the flower

bed. 

"We" was mostly Chelsea.

 I am trying to give

my neck time to heal.

Dr. Jessica rolled her eyes 

on Saturday

when I told her I had been

chasing chickens in the coop.

So...I am trying to do better.

At this point she does not even

want me to carry groceries.

How does one just not do that?

I don't know...

But I'll keep trying.

After weeding we headed up

to Chelsea's favorite spot for

Italian Ice.  We were to meet

Jonathan who had stayed at a 

friend's house the night before.

I made the mistake of taking one bite

into a Mike & Ike that was a part of 

a sample pack we were given after 

donating a dollar to a fundraiser.

With that one bite a crown

disintegrated.  It was devastating.

You all know just how much I love the 

dentist....even as a former dental assistant.

Maybe because of that fact.

But...

You would have laughed if you

had seen me trying to eat soup

after a visit to the dentist  yesterday.

Lets just say that the entire left side

of my face was numb. Well, actually

by then it was patchy. Didn't seem

so bad until the soup was in my

mouth...then only part of my face

moved as I tried to chew and swallow.

Crazy!

Thankfully, the problem was solved by

just waiting a couple of hours and

trying again.

Grandma is even worse.

Bless her heart.

The family was called in yesterday.

Then she stabilized.

Don't know what today will hold.

Of course none of us ever do....

Mikey is walking a little better now.

I didn't tell you before but he jumped

off the roof of a shed at a friends

graduation party, landed on a stump, 

and messed up muscles in his leg. 

His co-workers have been

calling him Gimpy. 

When he does stupid

stuff like this I just want to scream.

He thinks it only hurts him...but we are

trying to get him to see that his choices

and decisions effect more than just himself.

One of these days he just might get it.

Hope it is not too late.

Guess even though he has graduated 

our jobs as parents are not yet complete.

We were stopped at a light yesterday when

Jonathan jumped in his seat and said,

"Oh, that was not good". I looked over

just in time to see a guy about Mikey's

age and build getting up off the ground

to get back on a red motorcycle. 

He had hit the curb and flown over

the handlebars into the nearest yard.

For a second 

I "saw" Mikey. 

The kid looked me in the eye. 

What I saw was fear.

His eyes were huge.

It is imprinted on my brain. 

I am glad this guy was ok. 

But, do hope that he is more

careful in the future.

So... I must thank you, so much for all of your

kind words and prayers. It is such a blessing

to "know" each and every one of you.

It is also great to have

friends in my "real life"

to lift one's spirits.

Bee and Jana

were so very sweet yesterday

as the phone

calls kept coming about Grandma.

They were the best possible

company to be with at that time. 

A great mix of compassion

and distraction.

So, while I complained and had

my pity party

I do know how very blessed

I truly am.

Thanks Again.