This Fall is different than all the others I've ever had. I spent last weekend on and off at the hospital or my grandparents house because my mom had her second brain tumor surgery. She is home now and recovering. I don't think it ever isn't scary for all of us. No matter how many hospital visits she has, and this year there's been a LOT, we all always wonder if everything is going to be alright when she goes in.
I'm thankful for my stepdad who I know really loves her. I watch his devotion in action as he helps her stay active to avoid any more serious blood clots, despite her protests, or helps her make sense of her mountains of pills. He cares for her not like a parent to a child, but with the love and consideration of a true companion and faithful and loyal husband. I'm so thankful he is there to watch over her. She deserves to be loved like that.
This holiday season will be a special one. When she was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer in March, it immediately put a huge "what if?" in all of our heads. These things can go south at the drop of a hat. We all hoped and prayed and watched as the months passed and our "what ifs" have gradually disappeared. I'm so grateful that we'll get to spend our thanksgiving holiday together as an entire family. Usually we're never all together anymore because everyone has other places to go. This year will be very special and I'm very much looking forward to us all being under the same roof with our husbands, wives, children, and parents.
Most of all, I'm so grateful this pillar of faith, this force to be reckoned with, this amazing mother of mine will be able to eat a thanksgiving feast fit for a king, but prepared by her children... instead of her.
BRING ON THE HOLIDAYS!!!
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| Mom and me last week before her second brain surgery. |
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