Party of Three

Today in the car Lexi asked to see a stop sign. We approached one and I said, "There's one!  It says, S T O P...stop."  Lexi then said, "S T O P stop."  A few minutes later I quizzed her without being in front of a stop sign and she said, "S T O P stop."  I cheered very loudly!  Later in the day I asked her to spell stop and she said, "S and a T, and a O, and a P.  Not a W, not a F, not a E."  She makes me laugh!

With Grandma Mike in the hospital for such a scary reason it has my mind racing in circles.  I realize how precious life is and how quickly it can be taken from you.  My mom's story makes me want to be a better wife, mom, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, in-law, cousin, friend, neighbor, even stranger.  I am still in a fog about what happened two weeks ago.  18 years ago when my dad died, my biggest fear became losing my mom.  That.  Almost.  Happened.  I have now learned to treasure every moment with the people I love.  I love you, mom!

Two weeks ago today Grandma Mike went to the ER and they found a blood clot between her skull and her brain.  This is the email I wrote to her work and some of our friends.  It is easier to copy and paste, rather than rewriting the whole story: On Thursday evening (about 7 PM),   Jackie 's son in law, Jason called   Jackie   from Dallas to see how she was feeling. After he got off the phone he told me he was really concerned about my mom because she was slurring her words. I called my sister, Kim and brother, Chip. They immediately called my mom and also agreed she did not sound right and needed to get to the hospital. Kim picked my mom up at home and took her to the ER at North Cypress Hospital. Chip met Kim and my mom at the ER. In the ER, they did a CT Scan and concluded our mom had a large blood clot between her skull and brain. The blood clot was putting pressure on her brain which was causing the major headaches she was experiencing for about 2 weeks (...

Jason had a wonderful idea about printing a canvas to go above Lexi's bed of a picture with her and her baby dolls.  We went this afternoon to see if we could "capture" a good one.

This morning we got up early, got ready, and were off to meet Michelle and Addie at the gym. Lexi told me on the way there she would play would Addie in the kids club and I would pick her up...just like I always do. Well, with school being out for summer there were a lot of kids in the kids club. Lexi was a little over stimulated and would not let me leave. Addie tried to get her to play, some other (a little bit older) girls tried to play catch with Lexi, but she did not want me to leave. After multiple attempts, it was just not working and I had to leave...with Lexi. We went straight to the grocery store and she rode in the tv cart and watched Mickey mouse. She knew I was disappointed. She wasn't talking much and she was obeying every request I made. While we were in the meat aisle she looked at me through the window in the tv cart and smiled. It was seriously the sweetest smile I had ever seen. I could tell in her eyes and her smile that she was sorry. I knelted down beside her,...