First, thank you all for the prayers for my son.
He came through the surgery with flying colors. Thank you Lord.
Now to the next item that hit me this morning just after 8am!
This is my daughter, Heather on her wedding day!
I had just had the text from my DIL this morning saying, Bobby was fine, all was well.
See would be seeing him in about 30 minutes.
We sent texts back and forth a bit, then I started to make breakfast.
My phone chirped.
It was very early so I thought it was Erin again.
I saw...."Mom now that I am home I can tell you this....."
Not Erin, not a good way to start a text......
Look down and see it's from Heather.....
Hmmm she does fly on business but had nothing planned this week.
Sometimes I pick up the boys after school when she is on a business trip.
So I read the test.....I read again.....I read one more time!
Then the tears start.......I tell Terry, more tears....good tears, upset tears, mom tears.
Goodness, I feel like my children are little again.
Yesterday my daughter spent the entire day in the ER undergoing tests blood work, CT scans
because she had "tightness in her chest unlike anything before"
She did not call me/us until this morning.
Her reason was simple: she was just waiting with Mike (her hubby) to find out results.
No sense in calling anyone and getting them, me stressed out.
Then Mike had to leave to pick up their boys and drop them off with friends after school.
Friends live right on the block, same neighborhood
I live 30 minutes away......
Bottom line is everything fine with her too after the test results
Apparently this was just stress with Heather.
She works full time in Global management position, is a fantastic mom to three little boys
a wonderful, caring wife, friend, daughter.
Her plate is overflowing with both blessings and hard work juggling it all.
With my beloved grandmother,
Heather in pink, Kellie in red and Bobby about 1983
However, like a tidal wave hitting full force,
the wife I woke up as, going on vacation as soon as we
know about Bobby, assuming he would be fine, but just to be sure......
excited, so excited...happy to be retired with a man I adore etc etc etc mood
Turned into a weeping mess, taking me back into time when my children were little.
Thinking what would I ever do without my children in my life.
You know how it goes.
They are all married happily, thriving families, busy schedules....
Life moves fast, we test, we send pics, we do FB to keep up too.....
then something like this......
suddenly, going on vac seemed wrong, I was their mother for goodness sakes.
Yes, I know they are 37, 35, 30 but.......
But........
I AM A MOM.
This is my son's beautiful beach wedding with Erin two years ago.
Anyway....yes we are leaving....
I made a list......
they are both fine
they are both married with spouses who take very good care of them when needed
they both told me, "bye mom have fun"
after praying Terry said we need to go as planned
I really, really miss the mountains
When I married Terry, he knew I had been a mom a long, long time before he came into my life.
Yes, he came into my life late in my children's lives
Yet he has loved each of them unconditionally....
what is more, he and I share my love for them in a way I never could with their own father.
So I knew he was telling me what he believed the Lord wanted us to do.
So I think I am ready to be Lynn, with adult children
going to the mountains with my hubby.
What do you think?
Life can change in an instant, hug the person you love right now if possible,
if not send a prayer of thank you to the Lord for that person in your life.
