Its been awhile...a little drama and then add Mothers Day in the mix...I'm tired!

Its been awhile...yet again...LIFE gets in the way of BLOGGING...how RUDE!!! Since my last entry I've had to OPEN my HOME  to my MOTHER!! The day before her trip to Thailand, she fell.....she didn't see that ROCK(or pebble) while hurrying back to the office! She fell and did enough damage to her wrist...broke it and shattered the bones.....HOW LUCKY CAN A GAL GET!! She went her whole life without breaking a bone...let alone twisting something! And the day before her first exotic trip to Thailand....she makes a trip in the ambulance to stay and visit the exotic Toronto Western Hospital. There she waited for over three hours....I cant even imagine the pain and looking at your wrist and seeing bones, almost poking through your skin. That afternoon I was bombarded with emails from her co-workers....no one knew exactly where she went or what the damage was!

Finally I tracked her down....calling hospitals, I told each operator the story.......but by that time I couldn't speak to her...she was sedated...they were trying to POP things BACK in!! Eeek....  Saturday night she had surgery(a plate and screws were put in). Sunday she was released and came back home with me....in our small home, three kids, and a husband! Don't get me wrong, I love my Mom...but in small quarters and her injured and in constant pain... I was scared that one of the kids would hit her, or accidentally bang her with a toy car or something....I think I lived that week on egg shells. It was like I had FOUR kids....and I had to keep the peace with everyone! It was exhausting!!

Then came Mothers Day...which in all honesty, it didn't feel like it! I did receive lovely flowers, cards and brunch at the local Milestones Restaurant...but that element of relaxing to the point where I did nothing, was not there!   However after brunch, my Aunt was waiting at our house....she took Mom and Katie for the week(almost..till Thursday)...that was LOVELY...it was then after their departure, I was almost back to myself!! Perhaps the wine and shopping at the Antique Market helped too!!






Friday was the BIG TRIP to TORONTO....during rush hour... on a Friday of the HOLIDAY WEEKEND...construction here and there...more volume here and there...not finding a parking spot and having to drive around the hospital three times before finding the spot....three kids and a Mother...it was FUN!! It was a LONG DAY!!! But after three hours in the hospital...and her finally having 9 staples removed(ouch).....we were out and Mommy Dearest was on her way home........to her CONDO....her HOME!! LOL!! She is now HOME and starting work again this week.....she is more mobile but wishes that she could retire...not yet please, I'm not sure I can handle her idea(?) of moving in........I'm not rich enough...and she needs an entire WING to herself!! BUT I LOVE HER DEARLY!!!


On the BRIGHT SIDE of this....I would have to say that she got to spend MORE time with her GRANDCHILDREN.....and BOND with Katie....Katie was her shadow, her nurse while she stayed with us. Normally we see my Mother a few times a year, birthdays, anniversaries, just special occasions...she lives too far away, or we are each too busy with our own lives...its hard to re-connect...but with this accident, we connected. It also had me thinking of the sandwich generation....where we are raising our children and then looking after our ageing parents....its kinda scary!  I think we are getting too busy with activities, working more hours at the office(cause we want bigger and better things), moving here and there....perhaps we need to slow down...take the time to smell the roses, appreciate our parents and children and friends.....just enjoy the LIFE we were given. But its hard to do that...isn't it!?