It's been a long...

time since I've been on here. In the last four months since my last post, I turned the big 4-0 (had a great bday, which last about two weeks :) ). My dad is slowly healing from his hip surgery back in March; doesn't want to do the PT, but we make him do it. Everything else has stayed the same. This past Thursday, we lost another family member; Uncle Dick was Mom's brother-in-law. He was sick for a very long time; he was electrocuted about 35-40 years ago and hadn't been that great since. I, of course, shed some tears, but in the end, am so very happy that he's reunited with my Aunt Colleen, whom he missed very much since her passing almost two years ago.

Boy, have we been...

busy the last month with Dad. Last month, he was in the hospital for a few days with pneumonia. And then last week, he fell at Belmont, broke his hip (his good one) and had surgery. Because his recovery would be much faster in familiar surroundings (instead of a Skilled Nursing Facility with strangers for a month), he's getting his care around the people that have loved and cared for him for the past 13 months. My sister's just begun working out the logistics of it all, but we all know he's better off there.

Nothing else is going on. It's been a year and a half now since we've lost Mom, but we feel her presence every single day, especially in the care that Dad's received/receiving.

Still seeking professional help; not so much about Mom anymore..it's more to do with my anxiety/depression about other things that come up.

But, Dad's doing ok. I'm sure he loves to be back in familiar surroundings.