I have been wanting to do a blog update for several weeks now, and even though it's been ages since the last update (I think I have set a new record for length of time between updates LOL!), it has, thankfully, been a case of "no news being good news" for us. But . . . Easter feels like a good time to "break the drought" and write a few words to let you know how we are going, as well as send out some warm Easter greetings to you :) You will notice that I actually submitted this update several days after Easter, and that's because a little program (Ad Muncher) I have to get rid of ads from web pages worked a bit too brilliantly, and was causing the Blogger website to malfunction . . . it just took me a few days to realize what the problem was :(
Mum has had a few small health issues over the past weeks, with having two sunspots burned (frozen???) off her nose last week, but generally is going really well. After her last medical checkup, she was taken off the three valium (2mg) she was having each day to help her relax, and she handled that change easily. She still cries quite readily when she becomes acutely aware of Dad's absence in her life, but she seems to be getting more and more comfortable with that and accepting that its a natural (and essential) part of the grieving process. There are still times, however, where I pick her up for slipping back into her old ways of swallowing them down and/or apologising to whoever is with her for her tears, as if she was doing something wrong LOL! Where on earth does that attitude come from? No doubt from the people who showed her how to BE in the world as a child, and I guess they were doing their best, but I sincerely thank God she is letting go of those rediculous and innappropriate attitudes now :)
March 22nd was Dad and Mum's wedding anniversary, and even though they are not both still here to celebrate one more year of marriage since the last, I reckon it's a day that will always be worth celebrating (I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for that day LOL!), and so I took Mum to The Coffee Works in Mareeba for morning tea to do just that. They also produce delicious hand-crafted chocolates there, so it was the ideal time to get Mum a very special Easter Egg, below :)
Easter has been quite a social time, with Simon (my nephew, Mum's grandson) visiting Thursday night with his friend Tracey to play board games, a lunch of fish (and a feast of delicious local dishes) at the farm (Phil's place) on Good Friday, and another visit from Simon and Tracey for afternoon yesterday (Easter Sunday), after which us three young ones (not sure if I should still be included in that LOL!) had an e-game (on my computer) of Cashflow 101. I must say that for their first game Simon and Tracey did really well, though I got out of the rat-race (the main object of the game) first after a lucky break buying and selling shares.
Well . . . thats all for now, so before I think of anything else to add (and there's probably heaps LOL!), I'll sign off and get this update online :)
