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.