I have to apologize to anyone who has been reading this and I stopped posting. I fell into a time where there didn't seem to be much positive. I couldn't rightly start laying the negative down. Life has been a roller coaster ride that I was not able to slow down or get off of.
I just wanted some normalcy to life in general. I wanted and still want some normalcy to a regular life without having to run into any medical issues. As we go through our day to day challenges as any family does, the little things make a huge difference.
I recently found out a friend of mine has a form of cancer. It has a high success rate or survival rate or both....
When I look at my day to day challenges they are nothing like what a few others have to go through.
Another friend of mine recently was told he needed a lung transplant and possible heart transplant. He underwent a recent heart procedure that has now made the lung transplant an option not necessarily a requirement. Amazing what small things being fixed can do in order to completely change ones life. He can now have a life with his kids and wife. He has the energy to play games and run around.
I have been down the road of having a 50-50 chance of living or not on the operating table and came out on the living side of things. I have seen the dying side of life and really choose to see the living side. There are so many things to be thankful for.
We recently had an incident between my work and my sons school. My work location is located directly behind my youngest sons school. We recently had an incident where a man had robbed a bank took off down the freeway, got off the freeway and headed out on some back roads. He ended up abandoning his vehicle in the school parking lot of where my son was.
There was a swarm of police officers who took over our back parking lot outside of my building and at the bottom of the hill next my sons school. At the time we had no idea what was happening....I had to find out later what was going on. I called the school to ask if they were in lock down of which, I was told yes.
Our company was in lock down as well. We were told not to leave the building. I had to sit and wonder what was happening. Finally reading a news report about what had happened, how do you not wonder if everything is truly okay. Was this person armed and dangerous? What was happening? There was a helicopter overhead. I could only hope that nothing had happened at the school.
When all was said and done my guy called me at the office. Everyone and everything was okay. I was relieved as any parent might be.
Having to be in a position where you don't know and there is only about 500 feet (without the hill) between me and my son. Is a challenge.
I had to give him a huge hug when I got home...and of course tell him I love him. He was so good about everything and explained what they went through at the school. He was so adult about it all. I was so proud of how he explained what happened, what they did and what they had to go through.
After spending part of the weekend now after this incident by myself, the realization that the small things have gotten lost in the shuffle is truly eye opening. Its time to get back to the basics. The house is set up now to do this. There is not a lot of housecleaning to be done. Not a lot of laundry to be done. Now its time to set up a ton of quality time with our troop here...Its time to make the time when we find there is not enough time.
Until next time....
~~Miss Kasey
