Visit with my Gram

Mom and I and the kids went to visit Memere last night. She was so happy to see us. She looks really good. Of course Bill had the tv blaring so loud we could barely hear each other. He did eventually turn it off while we talked. Bill was concerned about Buddy. I told him that Buddy was just "blocked-up". He seemed relieved to hear that.

I updated Gram on what was/is going on with my health. As she has been through the cancer scare herself, she really does understand what it feels like emotionally to be told that you have cancer. You can either face reality, accept it, move on, and do what you have to do to get it taken care of OR you can wallow in sadness, self-pity and sorrow and let it eat you up. I confess, I do have days where I feel the latter and then I think of my parents, my kids, Tim, and those who support and understand me. It's so helpful to talk about it to my parents. They are so compassionate, caring, understanding, and calming.

The kids started talking about Halloween and mom told Gram that Tim and I are going to dress up. I showed Gram the picture on my cell phone of my mask. The look on her face was complete horror, sadness, and confusion. I asked her what was wrong. She looked at me with tears in her eyes and said "you poor thing, how long do you have to wear that after surgery?" Mom and I burst out laughing so hard! She looked at us like we had lost our minds......because of her poor eyesight she couldn't see the picture very well and she thought that it was some sort of mask they put on me after surgery! She laughed along with us when we explained to her what the mask was for....lol