Mom Update

Hi Everyone,

I know it has been awhile since I have been able to give you an update. I have finally found a few minutes. There has really been no change in mom's condition besides being extremely weak and tired. She really has to be helped to do the littlest of tasks.

This past weekend the ENTIRE family went camping at Hickory Sh0res Resort in Carlyle. Our good friends Bruce and Bev Lewis were nice enough to pull their camper there so that my mom would be comfortable in her own camper. She was never alone and was able to spend time individually with sisters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles as well as her children and grandchildren.

My Uncle Scott was kind enough to go around the campground and find a golf cart to rent out for the entire weekend so she did not have to walk. (That is very tiring for her) There was also a hammock there that she would lay in and sit back and watch all of the activity around her. One time when I was sitting beside her she told me she was just soaking it all in.

For some time now my mom told me how she would give anything to visit the beach again. Well on Saturday we took her to the beach. We set up her hammock and an awning on the sand and she was able to watch the sailboats and the waves crash on the sand. Although it was not the ocean, it was something I will never forget.

The weekend wore her out, but I know that it is something that everyone in my family will forever remember.

It is really hard to see her so helpless, but I cherish the fact that I am able to spend this time with her right now. Thank you for continuing to pray for her. I will try not to stay out of the loop so long next time.