TUESDAY THE CHILDREN WOKE BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY TAILED READY TO START THE DAY. I WOKE SLIGHTLY SAD KNOWING THAT THEY SOON WOULD BE PICKED UP, NEVER TO SLEEP ANOTHER NIGHT AT 8280 STARR GRASS DRIVE.
THANKFULLY, WE HAD AMY'S CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST, AS FOOD WAS AT A PREMIUM IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.
THE LITTLE MAN WAS DIGGIN' THIS SWEET BREAKFAST TREAT.
"CHEESE?!? IT'S A TAD EARLY YOU KNOW, MOM."
AFTER BREAKFAST AND A QUICK CHANGE, I TOSSED THE LITTLE MAN INTO HIS USUAL HOLDING TANK, SO THAT I COULD GRAB A QUICK SHOWER. EVEN WITH NO BED LINENS, THE LITTLE GUY WAS EAGER TO OBLIGE.
MIMI AND NANY ARRIVED AT TEN TO TAKE OUR SWEET ONES TO MILWAUKEE. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THESE TWO WOMEN IN OUR LIVES. THEY CONTINUE TO SACRIFICE SO MUCH FOR OUR FAMILY, OFFERING THEIR SUPPORT WHENEVER WE NEED IT. I KNOW THAT I'M BIASED, BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND TWO MORE DEDICATED GRANDMOTHERS THAN THESE TWO.
I WILL CHERISH THIS PICTURE. ALWAYS.
WITH OUR SWEET ONES BEING CARED FOR, WE QUICKLY FOCUSED OUR ATTENTION ON PACKING, CLEANING AND ORGANIZING. AND, THIS CONTINUED FOR HOURS.
WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE A FEW FRIENDS FROM CHURCH AND THE HOSPITAL ARRIVE TO HELP JEFF WITH THE HEAVY LIFTING AND LOADING OF THE U-HAUL. BY 7:00pm WE HAD ABOUT 85% OF OUR BELONGINGS LOADED, AND WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME IN FELLOWSHIP WITH FRIENDS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS OF THE DAY CAME WHEN OUR PASTOR ASKED IF HE COULD LEAD US IN A TIME OF PRAYER. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE SMALL CIRCLE THAT FORMED IN THE CENTER OF OUR EMPTY LIVING ROOM.
THAT NIGHT, WE WERE TREATED TO A PERFECT SUNSET OVER OUR FIELD. JEFF AND I DECIDED TO END OUR NIGHT AT ADLER'S, A LOCAL RESTAURANT THAT I HAD NOT BEEN TO SINCE BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN, FOR A COLD BREW. AS WE SAT AT THE BAR WATCHING THE BREWER GAME, I WAS FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF OUR TIME IN MADISON WHEN IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US. IT WAS A SWEET WAY TO END THE DAY.
WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE A FEW FRIENDS FROM CHURCH AND THE HOSPITAL ARRIVE TO HELP JEFF WITH THE HEAVY LIFTING AND LOADING OF THE U-HAUL. BY 7:00pm WE HAD ABOUT 85% OF OUR BELONGINGS LOADED, AND WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME IN FELLOWSHIP WITH FRIENDS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS OF THE DAY CAME WHEN OUR PASTOR ASKED IF HE COULD LEAD US IN A TIME OF PRAYER. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE SMALL CIRCLE THAT FORMED IN THE CENTER OF OUR EMPTY LIVING ROOM.
THAT NIGHT, WE WERE TREATED TO A PERFECT SUNSET OVER OUR FIELD. JEFF AND I DECIDED TO END OUR NIGHT AT ADLER'S, A LOCAL RESTAURANT THAT I HAD NOT BEEN TO SINCE BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN, FOR A COLD BREW. AS WE SAT AT THE BAR WATCHING THE BREWER GAME, I WAS FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF OUR TIME IN MADISON WHEN IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US. IT WAS A SWEET WAY TO END THE DAY.
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