Okay, now that’s said.
I can’t believe that Christmas is almost here…wow, time goes so fast.
It’s funny because when we are kids it seems like time moves at the pace of a
turtle and as we get older it feels like the years get shorter. It is kind of
like our memory, the older we get the more forgetful we become. I think I need to post more often, if for no
other reason than to just help myself remember what I’ve done over the months!
Things are good at home; Patrick is no longer with
Coca-Cola. He hurt his knee in January
and was out for several months. Once he
was medically released he tried going back to his job but it was just too much
on his knee so he had to leave Coke. I
think he was there for over 15 years so that has been a huge adjustment for us
both. I’m really appreciating the fact
that he doesn’t have to be at work at 4 am anymore! He’s currently working at Wyndham. Bad girl Bailey and bad girl Maggie are still
as bad as ever…….just kidding. They are
just precious little fur babies and we love them so much. In one of my November Facebook post I listed
that I’m thankful for being able to have experienced the unconditional love of
a pet. I think non-pet owners are really
missing out on a special love that you can only get from a pet. It’s a great feeling to be able to walk out
the door, and come in another door and they are just as excited to see me as if
I had been gone all day. I love it.
My grandma, AKA “Big Mama who is a whole 105 lbs, seems to
be doing pretty okay. All year I was able to work late during the week to be
with my grandma on Friday’s. I’m so
thankful that I have had that flexibility over the past several years. It’s meant so much for me to be able to help
her and spend time with her. She’s actually
been doing fairly well over the past few months. Her depression has improved tremendously and
she seems to cry a whole lot less over the loss of my grandpa. My grandpa’s 1st anniversary of
his death was August 6th, also the day that Big Mama had a “mini
stroke” while my brother and I were with her. Apparently she has had a total of
4 mini strokes and we didn’t even know it.
She suffers from Congestive Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation. She
got a pacemaker installed the week before Thanksgiving and she’s just waiting
on the soreness to go away so she can feel 10 years younger like everyone has
told her; hopefully that will indeed be the case. Here’s a funny story, before
going into surgery the doctor ask us if we had any questions, well, Big Mama
told the doctor that while she’s in surgery, she had one request….she was
requesting boobs! Lol…..yep, she said
that without even cracking a smile! She
told the doctor that she’s never had boobs and she didn’t care what size or
color, she wanted them….can you imagine an 81 year old lady asking for
boobs! Geez!!
The summer was pretty fun for me. I had a past Make-A-Wish family from Canada come back to Nashville Australia
Speaking of wishes, work was pretty darn busy this
year. As of August 31st, our
chapter granted more wishes than we had ever granted before, and we received an
award from the National chapter for wish granting. We actually went from 92 wishes granted the
previous year to 110 granted for this year.
It was amazing that we were able to exceed our goal of 100 and actually
grant 10 over the goal. This certainly
couldn’t have been done without my partner Shelley; she’s awesome! Bless her heart, Shelley granted all of the
Walt Disney World, Cruise and International wishes, and that’s a lot. I’m sure you can imagine how many kids want
to go to see Mickey Mouse. We also had 2
amazing interns over the past few months, Madison and Mysti. We couldn’t have gotten thru the busy season
with out their help! If you guys read this, thank you!!!!
As usual, several kids wished to come to Nashville Music City
In just a few days I will have been out of work for a
month. I don’t know why but I just can’t
seem to figure out what to do with myself.
I worked for MAW for so many years; my mind is having a hard time
getting out of the Make-A-Wish mode. I still wonder and worry about all of the
wishes that I was in the middle of granting on my last day. I was so excited to
see and hear about a few of the wishes that I started getting completed over
the past couple of weeks. I soooo miss the interaction with the volunteers and
I miss my friends at the office. I’m
just patiently waiting on God to lead me to the new plan that he has for me. I
just know it will be something wonderful.
I hope I didn’t bore you with my thoughts. I’ve wanted to write for a while and just
honestly haven’t had the heart to do it. I'm sure some of you will have the same thought as Patrick, "put on your big girl boots and let this motivate you to move forward".....well, that's easier said than done!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I appreciate all of you taking the time to
care about me and what’s going on in my life.
Like I said earlier, I’ve really met some special people over the past
years and I’m thankful for each and every single one of you. <3
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