After dinner the “real” adults retired into the living room and the rest of us stayed at the dining room table. We cleared away the dishes, put everything away and poured ourselves a round. Then the cards came out. Apparently Dimples and his family have this card game they play that I’ve never heard of… Continue reading Spoons
The weekend was filled with family and food and laughter amongst the air of sadness. However there wasn’t a lot of down time with over fifteen people filling the house and a little one to entertain. So we all piled in cars and headed out into the crisp November air to the children’s museum. 8… Continue reading Family Fun Day
In my brain it made perfect sense to ask for a few days home alone with my daughter to get her situated before we tried to return the house to its normal state. I actually thought it would be no problem until I began to hear the hesitation and annoyance in jolly guy’s voice at… Continue reading Visitors
Thankfully Jolly guys best friend; blue eyes’ girlfriend; Boxer chick helped out with another hotel. Boxer chick was a life saver. She worked with Jolly guy and they made all the arrangements for me to move to a hotel that her brother worked at. They gave jolly guy a great rate and he took care of everything… Continue reading Waterfront
Sometime around 9ish Jolly Guy arrived and I was happy to see him. So much had happened since he had left just one day ago. I was past exhausted and so was Gingham. We all decided to leave and agreed we’d return the next morning together bright and early. The hospital helped set us up… Continue reading Ransacked
I was feeling completely helpless as I sat there afraid to touch my own child. There was no place on her that wasn’t covered with a bandage, a blanket, a wire, a tube. It was a frightening sight. However, in true Gingham fashion, no matter what our circumstances or how dire they were he always… Continue reading Transport
She was gone one hour. One. Enough for Gingham and I to get a cup of coffee, set our younger daughter up on a waiting room couch, plug-in our phones and then the nurse was back. “Come with me please” she said to us. We got up and obediently followed her. Gingham asking a million… Continue reading Intubate
My younger daughter and I watched as they rolled her away towards the helicopter. I immediately got on the phone. Jolly Guy, Gingham, my parents, my two best friends. I couldn’t get a hold of Gingham and I ended up calling his mother at 3am. He finally returned my call and thankfully he was closer… Continue reading Mario Andretti
Prepare me for what I was about to see? I can tell you that I was not prepared to hear her say something like that. I guess I was so used to getting calls and things working out that I hadn’t even let my brain entertain the idea that this was life threatening, as in,… Continue reading Grey’s Anatomy
The door closed behind her and my heart sank. That was a long hour and a half, but next time I looked up for the eightieth time it was 11:50. I text her to remind her she should be on her way home and needed to be in the house by midnight. No answer. Fine,… Continue reading Accidental
Vacations at the beach with my children, to me, meant. lazy mornings, big breakfasts, longs days in the sun, big dinners and cocktails, maybe a night out or kite flying, walks on the beach or the amusement park, ice cream, miniature golf and no TV. It was for decompressing and reading and sun tan lotion… Continue reading Beach Bums
The next day we returned home with our clothes from the back of my car and our pillows and blankets that we took the night we left. Everyone was walking on eggshells, but Jolly Guy and I were trying to stay on the same page. I actually saw a glimmer of hope between the two… Continue reading Faking It
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