"Where have you been?!"

Actually, I know you have been here this whole time ... but me?

I took an unexpected 2 week trip to San Francisco, CA. It started with a phone call in the middle of my work day and my heart dropped with the news ... My father was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance and he was having trouble breathing. I instantly called Mr Man to book me a one way ticket into San Francisco as they were air lifting my dad to California Pacific Medical Center. It turns out he had had a stroke. He was on life support but the doctors all seemed to think that he would improve. He had a trach placed and was being fed through a peg tube directly into his stomach. I stayed there and before returning home I made sure that mom was back home and that dad would be transferred closer to her when he could travel.

I was home for a short time when I got the call that not only was my mom in the hospital with symptoms of a heart attack but my fathers trach was failing. I flew out to California again and stayed with my dad around the clock. I was with him when he passed into heaven on September 25, 2012. It was the hardest thing that I have ever had to see but I am so blessed to have been the one there, holding his hand. This past week after the funeral, I stayed to help mom get things in order and to see the cardiologist. She was given a stress test and passed it, although the cardiologist is keeping an eye on her and I will be forever grateful that he is!

I say all this ... to let you know why I have not been blogging and to ask your patience as I try to find my way back into blogging. I am going to try to get back into the routine of things as my heart heals from my loss.

He will forever be in my heart.

This sweet little girl was Dad's 11th grandchild, born September 28th, (just 3 days after) in a car on the way to the hospital. He would have loved that story!

Hugs and Blessings,