My Family and I spent this year at my fathers new home accross the street from mine. My Mother left her assisted living facility to see if she would like to join him long term and try having my Wife Dolly, my Daughter, Son and I help her and my father with their daily needs. My sisters and their daughters also joined us for the holiday meal.
It went well considering. I got sick. My mom got sick. My sisters could not stay long and returned home to their jobs with their daughters. And of course the usual family politics.
As the week went on I got sicker. My father did a very good job cooking for my mother. My wife kept their kitchen and home clean. I ran to the store for them twice but only because my wife and kids were all working.
In the end the new week began. My Doctor gave me antibiotics. I got better and tomorrow I will drive my mother home whom is also feeling better. She got cold meds early on. I think that saved her. Boy did I feel shame as I get chest congestion every winter but I'm not contagious I thought. So bummed she got a cold.
The staff at Shasta Humanity Project is back to work this week. Things are moving forward there.
About 4 weeks before the holiday I went to Soar to the guru Dr. Gamburt and he gave me a nerve block in my neck. It relieved about 25 percent of my pain in my neck and some of my shoulder. Enough I can sleep a little again. Such a relief to be able to sleep again.
Life is what we make it. We can keep our minds occupied and give our lives a little purpose and it can give a dificult life a spark of energy that provides for a quality of life that makes it enjoyable. With faith and a positive attitude even when we get sick we can see the positive. I pray it stays that way. My faith leads me to believe it will.
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