It was a busy day. I always think of my Mom when I say that. When she was pregnant with my brother, Jimmy, she was confined to bed much of her pregnancy due to a placenta previa. She hemoraged twice, was hospitalized several times, and obviously needed a C-Section to have him. The entire last half of the pregnancy was dicey and I am pretty sure that she kept much of her fears and worries to herself in order not to scare us. I was nine at the time and Dad was Bishop. The ward members pitched in a lot to help but in reality, Mom had to let everyone help because her situation was so dangerous. It seemed to me that Mom's bedroom, rather than any other place in the house, became the hub of our home and Mom would read to us, help us with homeword, and spend time with us...and we all wanted to be there. Mom would later say that one of the precious lessons that she learned was that work was a real blessing and having something to do gave life purpose and opportunity. As she laid there, day in and day out, I know that she would have given anything to be able to cook a meal, throw in a load of laundry, clean the bathroom, or bathe a child. She crocheted, knitted, wrote, and tried her best to put on a brave face and nurture us from her bed, but all that was a pittance in comparison to what she would have liked to be doing. She would tell us that having things to do, being busy, was the best.
Anyway - my day was busy. I found myself dreaming last night about my missing angel tree gifts and when I woke I dressed and headed to the store to see what I could find to remedy the situation. I found a few things and then returned home to wrap. I was especially concerned about getting Joey, Desi, and Felicia's packages in the mail and we were able to accomplish that! Hallalujah! Rich and I also checked out a few other stores for the last of the gifts and was able to finally find the last few items at Target, on sale no less!
When we got home I cleaned out the fridge and divided the things that needed to find a home between Bob, Julio and Greenhalgh's, delivered them and returned home. By then it was nearly 10:30 and I was exhausted. I sank into my chair and promptly fell asleep only to find that Rich was putting together a Shark vacuum cleaner that he bought me for Christmast because I wanted one???? Hmmmm....I didn't know that! lol!!!!
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