Happy Mother's Day ~ Four Generations!

Digital image held and owned by Gini (address for private use) Thanksgiving, San Diego, 2007

Happy Mother's Day!

Here is four generations, from left to right, my daughter, myself, and my beautiful Mom, who is spending Mother's Day in the Hospital (see previous post) and my granddaughter in front. My Oma (Grandmother) is 96 and living in Germany, I wish her a Very Happy Mother's Day also.

I will be leaving early in the morning and driving up to be with my Mom at the Hospital. At least we will be together on Mother's Day. She was pretty out of it today and I felt it better that we leave early tomorrow than late today, we wouldn't have been able to do much and she has been sleeping alot. I was calling frequently to check on her condition, Mom is in good spirits, it takes alot to bring her down! She is a very positive lady and pretty stubborn too!

I want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts, your support and kind words mean more than you know.

I want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mom's out there, and to many who have made and make a difference in our lives every day. There are several other women that have made an incredible difference in my life that I call Mom. All of them have contributed to my growth , strength, integrity and becoming a loving, and patient person to my own daughter and grandchildren, they have been the best role models. All of them deserve to be honored and I hope they have a wonderful day.

My Mom is in the Hospital

I just got word that my mom is in the hospital. She has an aneurysm (sp) in her main artery just below her heart. She has heart problems anyway.

She is about an hour and a half away from me and I may be leaving soon to be with her. They are not sure if she has to have surgery or not. I may be absent for a bit from here but I will try and keep you posted.

I didn't want to let her know but I am very worried. I really hate this sick feeling I have, not that anything is going to happen to her but that she is having this go on and what if something does happen...she has been battling this heart problem for a few years now. It seems to be getting worse and she has alot of pain. She has 80% blockage on one side and almost 100% blockage on the other, they put a stint in the side that is 100% but the other side, the artery is too small to put a stint in. I have told her that she may have to have surgery but she is very stubborn and is holding out in hopes that it will be fine!!!

The other problem is that she only has her husband there, he doesn't speak english and he doesn't drive and he is driving back and forth to the hospital! He is from Poland and Mom usually takes care of everything. So I feel that I need to be there. I am thinking, this is not a good way for her to spend Mother's Day but I am telling myself she will be fine! She keeps telling me not to worry but Mom has always been one that she won't even call me until its all over with. I guess she has been in the Hospital since yesterday morning and just now called me! If she wasn't so ill, I would have said to her what she said to me when I was a kid and told her,"Get over here so I can smack you!" Of course she was always kidding (previous post on Bound for Mom carnival).

She is very out of it talking to me in German! I understand a little but not much! She said, "you don't have to call me every 5 mins.!" At first I thought she was just telling me in her own way not to worry but she kept saying it, I said, "MOM this is the first time I have called you since you called me and told me this morning!" She says, " I am not well!" So, she is not well.

I felt I needed to get this out so I can get myself together and think clearer! I don't think we are ever prepared for our parents to be ill. I cannot imagine my Mom not being well or something happening to her.

Keep you all posted as I can...

One Lovely Blog Award~ What a lucky girl I am!

Once again I am touched and honored, Cheryl over at Heritage Happens has nominated me for the "One Lovely Blog Award", thank you Cheryl, you always put a smile on my face! I too feel special that Cheryl thought enough of my blog to give me this award.

Now, I am asked to to pass this “One Lovely Blog Award” on to seven blogs and their authors. When you receive yours we hope you will take the time to read some new blogs or revisit some of your favorites. Then the instructions are simple - just nominate 7 other blogs. Oh, it so tough, it is always difficult to name just a few...
These are the seven I choose ~

Judith Shubert ~ Genealogy Traces
Cindy Cindy's Place
Thomas McEntee Destination Austin Family
Caroline Family Stories
Leah Random Notes
Travelin Oma Travelin Oma
Virginia Oh Blah Vi, Oh Blah Va

I could keep going, there are so many that deserve this award, hopefully you will stop by others and pass it on.
Thanks again Cheryl, what a surprise and I am still smiling!