Mom

Mom is headed to the airport for her flight to Orlando after spending the last 3 weeks with us.  She leaves behind some lovely New Jersey "spring" weather - almost a foot of snow between a small storm on Monday and a bigger storm yesterday and overnight (which resulted in no school yesterday and a delayed opening today).    I know she is looking forward to getting back to her husband and her much quieter life.    I am not going to lie, our house can be really loud at times, mostly because of the 2-year-old girl child!  ;)

I am SO blessed to have a mother who was willing and able to give up a month of her life, including a week in January right after the diagnosis, to be here for us.   She was my shoulder to cry on, my nurse to deal with all the yucky post-biopsy and surgery stuff, my chauffeur, my masseuse, our chef, our laundry-doer, etc.  She made sure Sam was fed and had water.   She packed lunches and took the kids to and from school.   She told me to rest when I needed it.   She played with the kids.   I am sure I am leaving many things out.   She has always been an incredibly supportive mother but this went above and beyond the call of duty.    I really am so lucky to have her in my life and I love her so very much. 

I miss her already!