It feels like Spring!

Plum tree - first blooms. The plum tree in the front yard never lets me down! It blooms beutifully every year and this year is no exception! The pink blossoms remind me that Spring is just around the corner.


A photographer once told me that he liked to always have something cut off a corner at either the right or left side. It was his way of saying phooey to the "composition police." So in honor of him I left the bottom branch alone rather than digitally removing it. I think it adds character anyway!

Brothers

Matthew 8 days old. Big brother Jack is 4.

The Boys!

Jack, on the left, was born Jan. 3, 2002 weighing in at 5lbs. 8 oz.
Matthew, on the right, was born Jan. 27, 2006 weighing in at 8lbs. 1 oz. What a difference a few pounds makes!

Goodbye sweet Chaylce

While I was helping out after the birth of Matthew I got word that another patient at the dialysis clinic had died. Not unexpected, but never-the-less a difficult one to hear about! Chaylce was only 49 on Jan. 28th when she let go of her life. Sandra, our house-helper, told me yesterday that many church members had donated funds to Chaylce's daughters school fund.

I arrived back home on Tuesday night, the 7th, at 8pm to find Stacy's coloring way too green and mom more confused than when I left on the 28th. Stacy's BP is now way too low! It's time that we seek some answers to mom's confusion and building anger.

Yesterday I ran errands to re-stock the refrigerator and cupboards and today I'm trying to organize things so that I can start on some projects and gear myself up for dialysis duty tomorrow. Mom thought that it was Sat. and not Thur. so she got up early and took her laundry to the laundry room in her apartment building only to discover that she was two days early! She rarely tells me that she needs time off from going to the clinic but in this case it's a relief that she knows that she's not up to. We talked about making an appointment to see our
internist, but will she do it? She's terrified of finding out what may be wrong with her memory and confused state, but it's time to find out.