mimi ~ a sweet update

{my mom & me, christmas circa 1967}

thank you so much for your tenderness & compassion regarding my mom, our “mimi”. i want to share a sweet update with you.

several weeks ago i lifted the garage door to my parent’s home. as i did so, my mom opened the door that leads from the kitchen out to the garage. before i could see her face i heard her welcome me. i couldn’t believe it. her voice…it stopped me in my tracks, it was her voice from before…before she got sick. i hadn’t heard that voice in six months.

she slowly has started to improve. y’all. we have no idea really what’s happening. while she’s not 100%, she’s 100% improved from the last several months. the prognosis she was given does not “improve”. there’s no cure. but she’s back to my mom! we’re not sure if there was a a misdiagnosis. & if so,  because of a misdiagnosis, she was put on very strong medications thus causing severe side effects that mimicked the exact diagnosis she was given. to make a very long story short, she essentially ran out of the medications. again, it’s a long story but the bottom line is after she was off these meds she began to slowly recover. the diagnosis does not have a recovery. there are no improvements. its a slow steady horribly sad disease. but she’s well today!!

the other explanation we have is that the lord has restored her.

either way. she’s my mom again! i feel like we’ve been given a miraculous (whatever it is it’s a miracle!) second chance at life with her!

while we don’t know the future. we don’t know our tomorrow or what her tomorrow will be, we know who holds the future. we know who is with us, with her, every moment of every day!

we hosted my family for thanksgiving. trevor & savannah were home from california. my brother & sister in law came…and my mom and dad. we sat around the table, the girls were in rare form, & i heard my mom and dad laugh…and laugh…and laugh. it was honestly the most special, wonderful time.

i’ll share more later but wanted to give glory to the lord & thank you my friends!

~~~~

i received a very kind email this week. a reader of my blog from so many years ago reached out to let me know she was praying for my mom. she attached a link to a post i wrote 8 years ago! she told me she had written her parents a letter, i believe for christmas, after being inspired by that post so long ago. i wanted to share it with you as well~~

Dear Mom

I pray you have a very Happy Mother’s Day

that you feel loved & appreciated

that you know how much i respect and honor you

that i loved growing up in a happy home

that it warmed my heart and taught me greatly about the importance of spiritual things, to wake each day and find you down stairs praying and spending time with the Lord

that it made me feel secure knowing you loved dad and that i would never have to worry about having divorced parents

thank you for always being proud of me and Corey

thank you for making homecooked meals….all the time

& for taking me to the beach and sharing my love for collecting seashells

i watched you care for your parents in your own home, sacrificing much for them

thank you for helping me when gregg died and i felt all alone

thank you for all the special little things you do for my girls….you are a wonderful Mimi

for all the times when i didn’t say it enough, please know you were never taken for granted

for everything…i thank YOU