Halloween

Last night I finished my last Halloween costume of the year. I had a couple to make for grandchildren. I always look forward to Halloween because it brings back many happy memories with my children. Some years it seemed like I had plenty of time to get the costumes together and they ended up looking great. But some years I just couldn't come up with any fantastic ideas and my kids went Trick or Treating looking like a bunch of lost children. I do apologize for this and try to hide those pictures. But no matter what, my kids made many older people happy by going around to their doors and just talking with them for a little while.
One very special memory of Halloween was my daughter's senior year in High School. She had a group of friends that wanted to go Trick or Treating in a neighboring town. I think there ended up being ten or twelve girls all together that met at our home and they all made ghost costumes out of sheets. I can still hear the giggles echo in our rooms as they got their outfits together. One girl had never gone Trick or Treating before and it was wonderful to see the excitement. Thankfully, most of the people in town didn't mind the "older" children coming around to get candy. I am sure the it made each and everyone of them smile. I know that I am right now just remembering the day.
I try to have candy around my house the last couple of weeks in October just in case there happens to be a child or two or more that happen to stop by. We live too far out for most, but hopefully one day a bunch of ghost show up on my door step for a treat.
P.S. Don't forget to carve your pumpkins from the bottom so that your top doesn't drop in on your candle or light.

I'm back!!!

I can't believe that it has been a month since I have written on my blog. So much has happened; yet so much has stayed the same.
My mom is doing well now and is back at home. Her pace maker seems to be working fine and she is healthier than she has been for a very long time.
The down side to this is that we came very close to losing her two weeks ago. She had a large TIA (stroke) while I was in the room with her in the nursing home. We called the family in because she couldn't speak, move, or open her eyes. We also had Last Rights given to her. That is the closest that we have ever come to not having Mom around anymore.
We are back to our regular routine now and are getting along just fine. She can get up and down from a chair and dress herself on her own. But most of all, she is once again sleeping in her own bed.
But with the good news there always seems to be some bad. Just as we were rejoicing in the fact that Mom was going to get to come home, her sister traveled home to heaven. Although it was very hard for mom to lose another family member, she was happy that my aunt didn't have to suffer any more. You see her sister had a major stroke a year and a half ago and she was confined to a wheel chair. It will seem strange not to go visit with her and my uncle every week, but I too am glad that she is singing with the angels.