I Have Been Avoiding You
I have intentionally been procrastinated writing this post for over six weeks. Maybe if I never write it I will find I am just having a bad dream. Somehow, actually posting means admitting that I have been awake all along... I have posted on Facebook , and on Substack (where my current content is most-regularly posted), and answered countless texts and emails. But this blog was my final holdout of denial. Mom had a tough year, breaking her kneecap in February, 2025, then facing many, many discouraging and agonizing months of infection. It took a full year and three surgeries to repair the initial knee injury and ongoing complications. Just as Mom was starting to transition to slightly more mobility, she had a stroke in early February of this year. While "there is no such thing as a small stroke," Mom's February event only seriously sidelined her for about a week. We were shaken, but very thankful for such a relatively "mild" stroke compared to the ones that...