While we were at our friends' house, my youngest was riding his bike carrying his "Rip Stick" to the skate park to ride it. When he tried to ride his bike with Rip Stick in hand, through the portal/gate/doorway, his foot hit the pole and some sort of wire went through the top of his foot. We quickly got him cleaned & bandaged up and headed home. We didn't go to a local hospital because none of the ones in the area knew his shot history and my husband was not comfortable taking him anywhere else other than our family Dr. I forgot when his last tetanus shot was and I knew our Dr's office would know, so it's all fine and well.
We called Friday morning, got him in early, tetanus shot administered, x-rays taken, cheeseburger ordered and antibiotics taken. We were home by about 12:30PM. Everything was taken care of, he needed to keep it up and iced off-and-on throughout the day, so they watched cop shows for the rest of the day. The older two children had completed chores and school work while I was gone in the morning, so I didn't mind.
I tried napping as well, but just couldn't bring myself to do so. I decided my time would be better served by doing some planning for our vacation next year. I decided which route to take based on my husband's preferences, my own needs to get up and walk around a bit, make sure we're at our destination at a reasonable hour, and so that we're not traveling 13 hours a day. Those long days of travel are torturous on my knees and ankles. They swell up as big as balloons and it isn't good for me. As much as my husband doesn't like the shorter traveling times, he'd just like to get there and get home, he's quickly realizing that we're getting older and need to make concessions for our own personal physiological needs. Yes, the vacation is going to be longer than our trips to Florida, but it's full of rest, relaxation, visiting, hugging family, seeing sights, reading, snoozing, walking and making lots of food over a campfire! :) Besides, with all the family and friends within a reasonable drive for us, it makes sense to utilize the distance to our advantage. We need to stop regardless, so we have a wonderful plus of being able to see family and friends along the way.
All of these plans are causing me to ache to see my family again. Many of the family we're planning to visit I haven't seen since before my parents divorced in 1983. Thirty years is a very long time! I've reconnected with family on Facebook, which has been a complete blessing to me. I get to see how they've changed, how their kids, grand kids and great grand kids have come along. It is simply amazing to me how God has drawn all of us back together. It blesses me so much. I'm excited to see each one, hug them, catch up and pray for them.
If there is nothing else that is earth shattering that I do in my life, I count it a privilege and a blessing to my soul to be able to hug a loved one and pray with them. There are lots of cousins, aunts and uncles on both sides of my parents' families, so there's lots of hugs to give and lots of prayers to be shared. I want my husband and my children to meet all these wonderful people who are a part of our family history. My children have asked me about my side of our family and they fill the dry erase board with names connected to Grandma and Grandpa. Now they want to put faces to names and make connections with family. I don't blame them. Family is important. We've lived virtually alone without family around us almost all of our 23 years of marriage, so it's time to see family and invite them to come see us too.
With that, I'll leave you today with a picture I took of my black-eyed susans this morning.
A "double" or is it a "triple" eyed Susan?
God is good, all the time!
Blessings,
Regina
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