Pic's in order....top to bottom:
Just because he loves me, scared faces
angry faces, happy faces
bunny ears, fish face
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Meet Danger, my favorite 4 year old. That's not really his name, well it is...but anyway. Danger came to visit me at the hospital & I cannot tell you how much I adore this kid. I've only met him 2 other times even though he is my GREAT nephew. When I was in high school his daddy was about his age and I took him (his daddy) EVERYWHERE with me. It was so fun getting to hang out with Danger for a couple of hours. We had so much fun and this is how I got him to warm up to me: That's right, with selfies!
Pic's in order....top to bottom: Just because he loves me, scared faces angry faces, happy faces bunny ears, fish face
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Yes, it is true, this big guy is my nephew.
Not only my nephew but my favorite nephew of the day. When I put out a plea to have someone bring lunch to me he answered the call. Not only did he bring lunch to me, but he also brought this delicious cupcake from Sugar Queen Cupcakes -chocolate salted toffee drizzle goodness!!!! If you live in Denton and you haven't tried these cupcakes, you should. OR maybe you shouldn't they are dangerously good. My mouth is watering just thinking about them. I'm here to tell you there is nothing worse than having Easter Sunday in the hospital. OK. I'm WRONG. There are plenty of things worse than having Easter Sunday in the hospital. Off the top of my head: CANCER. Cancer is MUCH worse. As I laid awake on the small fold out chair in room 4307 my thoughts went to my kids. I'm missing Boy 1's last Easter at home as a child. (Even though he really is no longer a child.) I worried as I wasn't able to help the Easter Bunny stuff the baskets with all the cool stuff I had listed in my head but didn't purchase before I left for the states. I worried that the Easter bunny would forget. Gosh darn it, I am missing all our family traditions of this day. As my mind tried to get me to feel sorry for myself I looked over at my sister laying peacefully in bed hooked up to a machine and a tear trickled down my face. How selfish of me. How very, very selfish of me. As tears streamed down my face my thoughts changed. I would give up EVERY SINGLE EASTER at home if she could just walk out of this hospital cancer free. Then it started -- my mind went there, I started bargaining with God about the things I would give up if he would just heal my sister. In a matter of about 20 minutes laying in bed I went through at least that many emotions and I sobbed silently into my pillow wishing I could make it go away. Make the cancer go away. I HATE CANCER. It took my Dad, now it is trying to take my sister. Damn it. Have I mentioned how much I HATE CANCER?! Then a nurse came in. I snuck out of the room, headed to the bathroom near the family room, cleaned my face took a few deep breaths and went back in to start our day. My sister was in good spirits on Easter Sunday. She felt pretty good too. In the morning before family was heading to church we had a few visitors. Then we had lots of quite time and took a couple of naps. I think we both needed a quite down day. We took Rick on a walk. Sister 2 was able to sit in the family room for a little while. I showed her where I 'work out' each morning. We sat quietly much of the day. It was an Easter Sunday I will cherish forever. Brother 7 & Sister 2
It's a good thing there are 6,814 miles between us right now, because if not she might hurt me for this. Earlier in the week I named her IV machine & pole BOB. I called Bob her annoying boyfriend (he was so annoying). We were being silly and tired of the nurses asking 'what is your goal for today' so we started filling out her 'daily goal board' with all kinds of goofy things like (but not limited to): Dance like no one is watching Have IV pole races in the hall. Meet George Bush. Have all nurses and doctors sing instructions to me. Do cartwheels in the hall. And that sparked another idea. RICK. She will dump Bob (he was too noisy anyway) and shack up with Rick. I put my plan into action: Download the picture of Rick that my sister used to have plastered on her wall when she was in high school, have my niece get it printed and bring it to me. And BAM! Here she is taking her new man for a walk. And yes, you can imaging all the 'talk' happening at the hospital!
The may not be the best photo I have ever taken, but just look at those smiles.
They are good for each other. Something you may not know about Sister 2 (The one battling cancer).
Sister 2 has been our mother's caregiver for almost 2 years. Our mother is battling Alzheimer's - well, she's not battling it as much as we are ;) . We learn to live, love and give with all our hearts from our mother. My niece is strong, even though she may not know it.
My niece is a great mother, even though she may not know it. My niece is struggling with life and dealing the best she knows how with a new baby and a mother fighting for her life. My niece has a broken heart because my niece knows love. My sister could be at her WORST, but a visit from this little guy was always able to put a smile on her face.
You've got the cutest little baby face!!
I was so excited to meet Charlie. This is the hard part about being a military family, I had to wait almost 9 months to meet this little guy! |
Project 365
Am I insane? Have I lost my mind? After thinking long and hard about it (OK, really I only thought about it for about 12 hours) I just committed to doing a photo a day for a year - a 365 'they' call it. This is going to be SUPER HARD for me. Not the photo part, but the editing part. I mean you guys KNOW how far behind I am. A photo a day - that doesn't sound like much, but in reality, who are we kidding? Anyway I'm going to TRY to post each day, but there will be times I might be MIA for a couple of days, just bear with me and I will catch up. Archives
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