This is the day that the Lord hath made


One of my favorite songs(verses) and the next line is I will be glad and rejoice in it, I am wondering if God meant to include Mondays. Today I am home, and I am glad. I have spent nearly 30 hours in a car since Thursday, and my back, neck, shoulders and legs are barely functional. I was feeling sorry for myself when pain woke me up this morning, but then I remembered that I used to feel this ways for months on end, and since July the days I feel this way are the exception instead of the rule. My Mom is out of ICU, slowly gaining her strength, and will likely be home sometime in five to ten days. When she gets home is when it will be tough, she is going home with oxygen, a c-pap machine, a nebulizer and unable to smoke. I am hoping they give her a patch, or medicine to cut the craving for a smoke. My husband quit smoking this summer with the help of medicine, and has not smoked for 100 days. As I sat in her room watching how smoking has ravaged her body, I felt such gratitude towards Michael for quitting, for sparing Rachael and I, the effects of a lifetime of smoking. My mom is fantastic, she has always been a rock for me, a person who accepts me unconditionally, all of me, even my big goober side, I am damn lucky in my parents. I have learned much from her about life, love, about what is important in this world. She has always been fierce for us girls, now it is time for us to be fierce for her.

The photo, my cat Samantha (Sammie girl), this weekend we found a stray at our hotel, a little girl kitty that looked much my old cat Tommy. I wanted to bring her home; Mike said we would upset the cat pecking order in our home and that we hand no kitty vacancies( we have 5 for 3 people). When we went to leave Louisiana, I could not find the stray (I know I could of convinced him),so we came home without her. When I got home last night, all of our cats were exceptionally glad to see me as if they had EKP(extra-kitty perception). My cat in training M & M (mm-ers)even moved from his spot on the floor to acknowledge my existence and my husbands cat Disney, slept on my side of the bed. So perhaps it is best that we did not bring another cat to the mix. I am hoping some other hotel resident took that sweet girl home.

Today is Monday, and I have been out of the office for a week, last week our external e-mail server was down, and I was unable to check my work e-mail, so I know I will be buried in email, missed deadlines, and have a to-do list that will take me days to finish. I have to return my rental car, a follow up doctors appointment, and either Mike or I have to go get our puppy-dog, Blondie ( who is 14). So it is Monday, I am rejoicing in the everyday rhythm of my own life. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and healing thoughts for my Momma, please continue to keep her in your thoughts.