So Ronilynn Barney nominated me for the 5 Day Gratitude Challenge! She is so right that I have much to be thankful for right now!! So its supposed to be 3 things a day right? So first Ill say that I am thankful I had a spare car key cause I locked the keys in the car when I got home!! Second I am thankful for my Mom. We havent always seen eye to eye on things, but she is my Mom and I love her to pieces. She was sick a lot when I was growing up. Her asthma was never under control. But I remember one time when I was about 3 years old--the heat had gone off and it was very cold so she bundled me up and put me (and my dolly) in a toboggan and pulled me all the way to my Grandmas house. This was fun for me! Not so much for her. I remember summer days, Mom took her guitar and songbooks outside and sat under a tree and played and sang. I thought she looked and sang just like Loretta Lynn!! Her asthma used to scare me when I was little. She used to go in the hospital and I wouldnt see her for a week at a time. They wouldnt allow kids on the floor. It was very scary. I am very grateful that I still have my Mom. So third would be that I am grateful for my Dad. All the times my Mom was sick my Dad would be working and taking care of us the best he could. It couldnt have been easy, but he did it. We learned the joys of frozen pizza for supper every night! He was such a solid force in my life. I still remember the day he had his first heart attack. It was when I first realized he wasnt unbreakable as I always believed. I was a mess. A couple days later, he was at Malone hospital when he started dropping his heart rhythm. They needed to put in a temporary pacemaker. Right then. We went out and my Mom and I went in the chapel and prayed. Dr. Latreille came out and said he was ok. But he had been talking about fishing and then was gone. They hooked the wires together and he sat straight up. We went in to see him. He picked on my curls dangling on my forehead. I know how close I came to losing my Dad. It makes me appreciate him even more. He can be difficult at times. But I would do anything for him as he has always done for me.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:52:49 +0000
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