All those wishes I had for her two years ago are only doubled now!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHERIE!!!!
WITH MUCH LOVE!
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SHOW LOVE ~ RE-CYCLE BIRTHDAY CARDS!
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Yes, today is Cherie's Birthday.... After spending last year with her on her Birthday, I had decided that I was going to make sure that I was there for every Birthday after that...
(Best laid plans...) But I am there in heart and spirit!!!!
Seems as though we have our own little community going here on Multiply and the beauty of it is that miles don't matter (well, until you want to get a real hug from your friend again.) Anyone that is blessed enough to know Cherie knows everything I am about to tell you... and anyone that doesn't know her needs to drop by and wish her Happy Birthday and get her in your life... it will be a day that you will always be thankful for!!!! I know!!!!
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The theme for week three is:
"Focused"
I remember the day I received my Canon XS.. I immediately went outside, laid on the ground and took pictures of some snapdragon flowers, which were in my front yard. The camera was set on auto (As I knew nothing about the settings). What excitement I felt when it focused on the flower and the background was a blur... lol... it just seemed so beautiful to me. It is now well over a year later and I still haven't "learned" my camera settings (It's a plan... must be saving it for retirement), but I still get excited with every "focused" picture. This one was taken leaving work one morning... ran to the car and got my camera. It was a simple pink daisy... they were on their way out and a bee but when I put them on my computer and they come flashing across the screen.. to me they are just as beautiful as the one the first day... lol, but than they say, "Beauty is in the eye's of the beholder."
I sat beside my mother's bed as she slept, watching the man sitting in his wheelchair out in the hallway. His head was slumped over, as he was sleeping as well. I couldn't help but wonder about him. He looked like a nice person. What had his life's work been? Did he have a family... what happy memories mingled in his thoughts? I hoped there were many. Nurses and aides passed by him without a glance. How I prayed he had family who came to visit him. Many times I would walk down the hall to stretch my legs and see bedridden patients lying in their bed for hours in the same position. Had they been changed... talked to.... touched... comforted? I know I had often changed Mama myself when no one would come in. My sister and brother-in-law one would always be there at lunch to help her eat when I was not visiting. They have done this everyday for months with so much love. What did these other people do? Were they just forgotten? Did they only have love in their memories?
Nursing Homes, I am sure are understaffed as are many hospitals, but I know first hand from nursing how big of a difference a nurse who cares makes even when she is over worked and can not do everything she wants to get done. It is not like there is a lot of money to be made working in a Nursing Home so it seems like to me if you get a job there it should be because you care and want to help. A touch or some kind words are just as important as the changing and feeding... We all need these things.
I am so thankful Mama is home now... surrounded by familiar things. She has people who love her and care for her. She came home on Hospice this week. Her baby, Sassy (her little poodle) lays right by her side... you should see the smile this makes. I took a Family Medical Leave to come help care for her here in Florida. I am so happy to be with her.
In the time she sleeps, I have a lot of time for thinking. The wonderful people in my life (and who have been in my life) have come to mind every day. Many of those thoughts are of my friends on line. Those I have meant in person and those I would love to meet.
This is a big reminder what life is all about. It is all about love (those we love and who love us) and caring (caring about others and them caring about us).
Love is what God blessed us with... We need to reach out, embrace and share this love....
