Friday, December 14, 2012

One of life's interruptions :)

So it's been a while since I was able to post any recipes, I just posted the Rolo cookie recipe because my neighbor begged me after my 9 year old daughter must have sneaked the last two on the counter on the way out of the door to school and my neighbor was driving carpool, soon I got a text saying have to have this recipe!  My daughter was begging me all day yesterday to be able to take a plate to school for her teacher.  I baked two batches and froze most of them and put some on the kitchen counter only to be devoured by anyone walking into my kitchen.
Life has a way with twists and turns and I'm learning to just go along for the ride and quit planning my expectations.  Not always easy to do, but I think I'm getting the hang of it :).  My mother in law, who was taking care of my alzheimer father in law, was diagnosed with a brain tumor just before thanksgiving.  We had a wonderful dinner here with most of the family.  The Tuesday after, my family flew to Disneyland,(this was planned two months earlier).  That Friday, while we were away, my mother in law had surgery to remove the tumor.  It was discovered to be malignate, and the type of tumor that grows back, is aggressive and no cure, she will die from it.  We came home that Sunday, drove straight to the hospital to see how she was doing, which she seemed like she wasn't feeling too well, then I took the kids home so my husband could relieve his brother and brother in law, and stay with her.  That night my husband brought his dad to our house, and it's been non-stop stress.  Nothing prepares you for this, and I sure wish I had been!  We just take it one day at a time and pray we get through it.  It's funny how life can be, one minute everything seems ok, and the next, life changing!  but this too will pass and life goes on.  So far, my father in law has become worse(more than likely because he is out of his familiar environment), my mother in law is regretting the surgery, and losing the will to go on( she has two children who both died from cancer-she is anxious to be with her daughter and son on the other side), so we are hoping we still will get some time with her, and we are looking at long term care for my father in law.  I will post when I can.

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