Day 31 ~ Vivid Memories

Can I just say this first off

it is the end of May and I have blogged for all but one of the days

I am exhausted!!

The last thing on the list is to share a vivid memory

I jumble around both good and bad memories

when I have a bad one ~ I try my best to replace it with a good one

like when I think about Dad ~ we are singing together

I am sitting on the floor at his feet

leaning back and we are smiling and laughing

good memories for sure

I push out the bad memory of his final day

of the seizure ~ of his heart stopping and code blue

these are both vivid in my mind

Our wedding day is there ~ good memories

every*single*one

our first dance ~ Crazy for You

and the last dance ~ I'm Taking You Home

and all the fun we had that entire day

nothing was going to go wrong for me that day

nothing at all

Falling in love with Trevor

I can almost pinpoint the day I knew

that he was the one

The day we brought Cooper home

poor little ball of fur remained nameless for 3 days

before we settled on his name

I wanted to call him Buster ~ and I do all the time

my funny boy

Seeing Molly at 3 days old

visiting time and again ~ getting our pick of the litter

then finally bringing her home 

and the latest memory is taking Mom in for her surgery on Tuesday

we chatted on the way to the hospital

are you nervous ~ you know everything is going to be ok ~ right

when we first got there we were kept busy

going over her meds ~ the pre-op nurse doing all that she does

and then all was quiet ~ the doctor was late

we sat for 2 hours ~ filling in time ~ making small talk

then they came to get her ~ she squeezed my hand

fear in her eyes ~ big hugs ~ soothing her and trying to put on the brave front

I walked as far as I could

then as she disappeared through the big double doors

I retreated to the chapel

and sat and prayed

She came through the surgery well

she is still in ICU ~ but alert and looking like herself

more or less

as our parents get older we tend not to take them for granted anymore

maybe it is part of us getting older as well

thank you to those that prayed for her with me

xoxo

I am looking forward to some down time

some reading time

some Mama time

and by the looks of the forecast ~ some deck time

Thank you for hanging in there with me this month

is was indeed a challenge for sure

wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend.