Derek made it to town Wednesday night and we all met at Mom’s yesterday morning. I sure hope they have a big house as there’s a lot of stuff that will be loaded into a moving van today headed to Georgia! I’m glad that he and Tasha can use the furniture and have an interest in the family history as there’s not a lot of us left to carry on the family name and traditions. I tried to find everything I could that would have some sort of meaning and put it in a big pile. Even after scouring the attic and basement, I still found a box of old pictures of Grandma Holmes and others that I set aside for them. It’s also great that things like Mom’s bedroom set will get used and not thrown away or sold in some second hand store. Hopefully everything will go well today and the movers will do a good job packing things up.
Last night at 5 pm, through Lori’s connections at work, we managed to get Jagger in with Dr. Feeney who is a World renowned neurologist to see if he can be cleared from his concussion. Turns out this is a much bigger deal than I thought. Dr. Feeney put Jag through a battery of exhaustive tests and in the end cleared him to Stage 2 of 6 stages. Today he has a brain impact test and then can start light exercise tonight. Tomorrow, if he passes the impact test, he can then start non contact drills and by Monday should be back to full practice. He will go to practice tonight and tomorrow but only participate in non contact activities.
Meanwhile Ty was home with a stomach bug. Lori was at work until 7:45 pm in a meeting and I was working away trying to coach up all my people on how to get their scheduled revenue by the end of the year.
Yesterday Robin posted a really profound comment that is a reminder of just what should be important to all of us as we live our lives. Here it is,
I too notice things Auntie Dee says or a way she looks that reminds me of mom. When mom was in the hospital mom said “what will be, will be†and Auntie Dee says that all the time. I had never heard mom say that before. With mom gone it makes me realize that life doesn’t get any better than this, this is it! I think most of us live life thinking, oh when I’m skinny or when I have more money or when my hair is longer etc. things will be great. The fact is this is life and we better start living it for each day – for being able to go outside and see a bird or the rain. It’s kinda corny sounding but something happened inside me when mom died. I really look at life in such a different way. I find myself to be more forgiving and more thankful for everyone and everything I have.
She began be referring to our Mom’s sister who I mentioned I talked to the other day. The important thing here is the realization of just how special every single moment of every single day is. There truly is beauty in everything about being alive and sadly we tend to often get caught up in meaningless things that cloud our minds. Well said little sis, I’m so proud of you and 100% agree with what you said.
I was going to try to get down to Denver this morning to help Derek but there’s a huge snowstorm kicking up in a few hours and I might not get back up the hill! Tom has a doctors appointment at 9 but will then help out as he’s been doing just about everyday for the past 2 months. I hope everything arrives in Georgia ok as there’s some really delicate items that are way over a hundred years old. Next week the boys are off for the Thanksgiving holiday break and I think Wednesday the ski area opens. I’m determined to get their rooms clean. Again though subscribing to the above thoughts, a dirty room for a teenage boy is not that big of deal, but don’t tell the boys!
God Bless.