Jewells of Thought

The past 48 hours have been busy and emotional. The end of one year and the beginning of a new one. You all have been with me through the past year my ups and downs now I get to look forward to a year where my left arm has no inhibitions. I’m looking for opportunities and to enjoy life after what I have learned from my surgical experiences.

Some developments have occurred within my family. My Uncle is forgetting how to do things and needs more help. Plus Mom is still dealing with therapy and doing better with her balance, but it has to be maintained. An idea has been floated among myself and Mom but it is still being looked into. It would be an endeavor for me and a way to branch out somewhat.

Last night we celebrated New Years Eve with Grandma for the first time since she moved into her new apartment. I think it’s been three years of no house and no party since she moved in and since Aunt Carol died. Thinking about both of those ideas still kind of hurts so I keep those memories far back in my brain as possible. It was difficult to not notice the obvious changes from our last one which I can’t really remember, right now, and last night.

After a long morning at Terre Haute due to appointments we got home no later than 2 pm. Then Dad started on chip dip and I began my second batch of gingerbread cookies I didn’t make a week ago that I wanted to do. Instead of Christmas colors I made purple and used blue in the other bowl. I thought I might make a third with green, but found out we had enough fortunately. The purple icing came out really nice, Dad liked it as everyone else seemed to at the party.

The guys started out playing Euchre and the ladies were playing a game of Golf I think it was. I sat next to Grandma and we talked about some of the papers the staff handed out to her. Two of them were phrases one is older than the other which is it but they didn’t have the answers and not all of them made sense. A third paper dealt with emojis… I don’t think I can answer most of them.

Grandma and I spent a lot of time talking back and forth about those pages. This is one of those pages. Then after we had been there for a while I found this book. We found it quite entertaining and intriguing to conversation that my Mom even got into it with us. It was a special part of the night for me.

2026 Here We Come!