So Toots told me my last posting was boring, flat... She thought I should have used a different story about what happened on Saturday... So I will rehash yesterday for a moment than move on to today.... Little Guy and I were sitting in the kitchen when out of the blue he starts to tell me about a friend that wears a back brace to treat her back... I asked him if this person had scoliosis and he said yes... A few moments passed and he reaches as far back between his shoulder blades and tells me he is in great pain... I asked what is wrong... His response was.... that his umbilical cord is killing him... I asked where it was and he pointed between his shoulder blades... and I asked do you mean your spinal cord.... his reply was a sheepish yes...
Today was a lot of the same as yesterday... Church, diner, back home to finish the male portion of the nesting ritual... Glad to say I am almost done... all rooms that need molding have been successfully crowned... so the kids throne room has a crown.. and the Big Sis sometimes known as the princess has her own crown to show off... I say almost done.. because next is our room.. we are rearranging to find a place to place the bassinet... I don't think I have to paint.. and given the ceiling height and shape... I know there will not be anymore molding... until I do Dot's new room... That is a bigger project..... that will grace these pages in the weeks ahead...
Kiddos were out again.. their social lives are busier than Toots and mine combined... She was here.. he was there... Little Guy popped in from time to time... he actually was helping me with the crown molding... Big Sis...was with a friend at a ball game.. made it back for dinner... Toots, trooper that she is, had a tough day... the kielbasas that have replaced her ankles were killing her today.. so she crashed in a chair with her feet propped.... up... watching the chick channel.. this was actually a good thing for me.. it meant I would not be disturbed at all during my get ready for Dot work... I made it through the day, with out a single, Oh Sh*T or wrong cut...... Didn't have to run back to Lowes.. and still can count to ten...Best part of all that... I never heard.. what a mess, you are going to clean that... or had any other Foreman like advice or recommendations.... Toots never saw the room until I needed her help restocking the shelves... Big Sis has lots of stuff on lots of shelves.. stuff that I have only touched once maybe twice and that was when I purchased it... You see she has years worth of Snow Globes rimming her room... all from our different travels over the years... Great collection... not easily replaced...
Had a realization today in church... The sermon was about time and forgiveness.... I will focus on time... The priest talked about time and how there is chronological and then the essence or what I realized.. the memory of time... One we count the other we count on... or look back over... we all have those events in our lives that we can tell explicitly where or what we were doing... What I am doing with the counter is tracking the days we can count 28 days...... but also setting the tone for a memory.. event... life changing occurrence... I can not change what will happen... but I can write about what has happen leading up to it... creating a memory that spans several months of anticipation leading to the single event, establishing Dots arrival as a story or journey.... and not just a birthday... Not sure about you.. but I can not recall all the events or activities that occurred prior to Big Sis or Little Guy's birth in great detail.....most of what occurred leading up to those birthdays... were like Christmas presents important at the moment but almost all forgotten... The thing that stays with you is the Day... (Yes Mom.. some Christmas gifts left a lasting impression and in fact are forever etched in the memory of time... )
Well...chew on that for awhile... I am sure we all have a moment or event that just popped into our heads... some were world impacting but most were probably more personal... some smiles... some tears... maybe even a few what ifs...
Good night... keep those letters and cards coming... I am enjoying the feedback..
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