That Book & This Look
It has been quite a weekend. I've said my good-byes to the lake house and in doing so, said another good-bye to Mama. My last memories of that house will include my three precious children laughing and running around in circles until they collapsed . I left with a feeling of peacefulness and for that I am blessed--and thankful. As we drove home, I felt as if we were truly beginning a new chapter in our lives. My children have had a very distracted Mama for a while. For the past five years, I've been responsible for my father, who was in a nursing home with dementia and Parkinson's, and my parents' two homes, one in east Texas and one in Louisiana. My husband, family, and friends were there beside me, supporting and encouraging me, but I fear my children didn't get the Mama I wanted them to have. I know most mothers feel that way. So, as the first step, it finally happened. I took THAT book off...