Mother and Son

It was fantastic to spend sometime with Chip and Betty yesterday. They spent a frantic week cleaning out her 99-year old mother's house, which she lived in for over 69-years. It was a complete mess. By the time we arrived yesterday, it was pretty empty but needed a final cleaning.

They were exhausted. Mom took us all to lunch at a local Il Fornaio, where we were able to talk, relieve some of their work stress and just enjoy each other. Mom was able to have some time with her son.

They were sharing that her mom had gone downhill from Betty's visit just a few weeks ago and they were expecting that they would be back soon. We offered our driveway for their motor home and a bedroom for her sister from Montana when their mom passes away. Their short term plan was they were heading home to New Mexico this morning.

Today, I am going to hang with my mom and take her out to lunch. We are also going to look for new bedding (40% off this week) for the front bedroom. She is also looking for new bedding for her bed.

Through the grapevine, I learned that the woman who began the ILD Support Group at my university hospital was retiring. Sally was an RN in the ILD Clinic and worked closely with the patients and was highly respected by the doctors. She taught me so much. It was all about information. I know a lot of support groups are about complaining about problems or doctors or personal issues. She kept the level of the group on a higher level by educating us. Giving us the information we all craved. If we had a major question, she brought in an expert in that field to address it. Nothing was off the table. She was always calm, smiled a lot, never in a hurry or frantic, thoughtful and a perfect moderator and support to the guest speakers. She will clearly be missed.