A Day With My Mom

One of the biggest blessings in my life is my mother. I spend every Thursday with her....just the two of us. This week we went on our day out a day early. Mom had an appointment bright and early to get an injection in her hand. That is gonna hurt!!! My mother is ALWAYS there for me when I need her. She goes to appointments with me where I endure a horrifically painful procedure every 3-4 months and holds my hand and tells me things like, "You're doing great. Just breath, Honey. It's almost over." I keep her as my focus and do exactly what she tells me. I adore her for it!! I HAD to go with her this morning and do the same for her. An ultrasound showed exactly where the injection needed to be.
Now before I tell you what happens next, I want to remind you of what a sweet lady my mother "looks" like. Sweet, huh? Well let me tell you....she turned into a total WITCH when that needle went in. I did all the right things. I told her "You're doing great, Mom. Breath deep.....let it out. It's almost done....you are doing so good!" She turned on me like a spinning top! "OH SHUT UP", is what she said to me!!! Along with some words that can not be blogged. I know it hurt....I KNOW it did. I felt so bad for her....not bad enough to keep me from getting even though......Her ordeal over, we were on our way.
I carried mom's wallet in my purse ALL day....why???? Here is the purse she came with today....Purple and black snake skin "plether". I told her it HAD to go. It looked like a street walkers purse!!!! LOL She finally agreed to get rid of it. We stopped at McD's for breakfast....we were too hungry to care!Next stop....Hilander, to do ALL the Thanksgiving shopping, plus the weeks worth of groceries for my house and close to same for her house.

Of course everybody and their brother was at the Hilander today! Once we got our bird and all the fixings, we headed home to unload.
Oh...and remember I told you Mom decided to get rid of that hideous purse????
OH YES SHE DID!!!! She gave it to my daughter who loves all things gawdy! How can I ever repay her?????MmmmHmmmmm.

We grabbed Kyle, who had a doctors appointment at 2, took all mom's groceries to her house and unloaded and then went to lunch. Kyle chose Pizza Hut. UGH! When we walked in this is what we saw....That's right. Not a soul. At 12:30. No one. It smell like old pee in there....seriously. Still we stayed and ate and not one person came or went the entire time we were there. Kyle was happy though.Kyle's doctor's appointment brought more appointments with specialists....his platelet count is mildly low, probably from medications, but they want him to see a hematologist...prayers are appreciated.

Finally we made it home at 4:00. Whew! What a day...but for me it was just starting. I had pies to bake, fruit salad to cut up, spinach dip to mix, and celery and onions to saute. I am cooking for 25-30 people tomorrow and still have much to do.

Tomorrow is another special day....not only is it Thanksgiving and my Aunt Robin's birthday, but it is SASSY'S 1st birthday!!!!!!

Yep, our baby is 1. She has been such a blessing to our family, I can hardly let Thanksgiving go by without sharing how thankful I am for her!

Thank you for sharing my day with my Mom...I love her more than I can express.

Praying you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.