We picked my mom up in Lousiana on Friday and planned a family get-together so that my girls and their families could spend some time with her. It was huge and fun even if it did rain most of the day. We didn't have lightening and the kids were already wet! When everyone left, we cleaned the house and the yard and the porch and the pool and the deck and . . . well you get the picture!
Sunday, my husband, my mom and I headed out after church for a town she used to live in, an hour and a half north, to let her visit old friends and to visit my dad's grave. It was a great day. She got to see several friends, we visited the cemetary and took pictures. It was a sweet, mellow day. The rain held off while we had to be outside. There was a rightness with the world.
Today we almost had a disagreement, but instead of walking away from it as I once would have, I insisted that she hear my words and understand and not take offense. It was tense for a little, but worked out in the end. Tonight, she read my current writing project and commented enthusiastically and then we talked fast and furious telling stories we all know and have told or heard a hundred times.
We have 4 more days. We take her home on Saturday. I hope it goes as well.
Peace.
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