Thursday, January 10, 2013
day 8 - 10: waiting it out
My brother had another surgery on Tuesday. This time it was his ACL (and his PCL, too, it turns out). This knee surgery should complete all of the operations in his immediate future, and his surgeon is pleased with the results.
We're all ready to breathe a collective sigh of relief, but we have to get past the initial pain of recovery and the understandably-grouchy patient living in our upstairs bedroom.
These past 2 weeks, Gabe and Liam have been in California, visiting Grandma and Grandpa Hall. We opted to keep River home since, in the last month, he's had two bleeds that resulted in an ER trip for an infusion, as well as a ruptured ear infection. The poor little guy sure knows how to make the best of things.
As for me, I'm trying something new here. A picture a day for 365 days. So far so good.
I've been struggling with the weight of my world lately. The sad saga of my family's life continues to unfold in tattered ribbons, and it's rough. The days slip past. This is my attempt to mark them.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
day 1: black eyed peas for the new year
Friday, November 23, 2012
we have a lot to be thankful for
Yesterday, we had the fortunate problem of too many people in our small little house. How to seat 13 people for Thanksgiving dinner in a dining room that fits 6 max?
And that's how we ended up with 2 tables in our living room, stealing the Gabriel-made picnic table from the backyard and the kid's table from their room. And it worked.
Our dining room table with the Thanksgiving spread: ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potato rolls, rye bread, cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potato gratin, and a spatchcocked turkey.
The sweet sidetable: deep dish pumpkin pie and cranberry cobbler.
I'm grateful for everyone of these people, sitting together, wonderfully squished and cozy in our livingroom (my mom and Linda included, though they somehow missed out on the dinner plate portraits...).
But most of all, I'm thankful that this guy is here. Surly wit and all.
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