Loved your post and garden share
@Teej ❤ I'm a bit (a lot) jealous of your frangipani. I miss them lots as I moved when I was younger, from where there were many to where there are none. Great to hear you had some garden time. I always enjoy hearing that one
😊 I'll post another piece of mine that happened today soon. It was a really good day in the garden for me.
I wanted to share that I had the super tricky conversation I have been dreading with the kids tonight. Unwell person called me as they have an appointment tomorrow close-ish to us and wanted to come by after to watch the little school duo do their end-of-week thing. It's something they've done a few times now and something they had never had the chance (or took the chance probably) to do before. My middle, who is on to absolutely everything, asked what the appointment was for. They didn't settle for "it's a doctor's appointment" and straight out asked whether the sickness had come back. I couldn't lie and was honest without being too scary honest. All of them asked all of the hard questions including whether person was going to die. I think I did OK enough navigating it all.
@Faith-and-Hope a version of your words came out tonight - that seeing them happy and doing well, and enjoying time with them just as they are, is something that gives our person great joy and something we can focus on doing for them and for us. I had a moment where I felt your gentle strength at our dining room table and it was really comforting. Thank you lots.
Muddled middle who is ultra strong and ultra brave in all their littleness, then wanted to speak to our person (with the phone on speaker and a hand being held as they were sad). Person said that it was those very things that also gives them fight and that they are lucky to have a lot to fight for. They chatted for a while and it was one of the most beautiful, yet heart hurting conversations, I've heard. There's so much love and we are so lucky to have it and be able to share it.
This is a super feel filled one. I went from OK to teary to not to back to lots of tears just in writing this post. I think that's maybe OK though. Beanbag bed cloud covered in cats for me tonight probably.
