Family is the glue that holds me together. They are always near, always checking on me, always loving me. And I know that all of them would do anything to take my pain away. I know it’s been hard for my parents especially. My Dad has told me repeatedly that if I need him he will drive over from the coast and I know he’s serious because he’s done it before.
My mom lives in town now and I’m grateful for that. A few months ago I mentioned that I was taking some shrubbery off my fence and she told me she had the perfect garden tools for that and her and Ernie could come do that. She is 75 and he is 92! Since it rained for so long we never got around to it but she never forgot.
Today she wanted to get mulch that the city was giving away. I went with her so she could get my allotment also. By the time we got there it was almost gone so they were no longer using the front loaders to put it in your truck. We hadn’t brought shovels but they had some there so she backed the truck in and we got out. Three months ago I am confident there is no way I could have shoveled mulch into her truck. I have never been strong and I would have tired out quickly. I was very happy that I could actually do this! There was only one shovel so I grabbed it and got to work. I told mom it was fine but she insisted on finding another shovel and she finally did. We loaded mulch until I told her that was probably enough and we should stop before she was worn out. Who was I kidding, I had already done one workout, I was worn out!
After that we went to my house and went to work on the shrubs. When we were finished I felt a little guilty that I let my 75 year old mom help me. How selfish is that? But then I thought about it and decided that it is pretty awesome that my mom CAN help me. That means she is moving around and I know it’s good for her. So yeah, my mom rocks!
Once again I am reminded of how good exercise of any kind is for you. And I hope when I am 75 I can shovel mulch and tear shrubs off a fence! And, I want to have a body like Cher!
PS Mom did require one bandaid but no bones were broken while she was in MY backyard!