Family FIRST!! OR/ why I have been absent
 

I got a call towards the end of may. I was at work. My 89 year old Mom had fallen and broke her arm. She didn't want to 'bother' the ambulance crew, so she waited for me to come get her.

I have been staying at the 'home place' just about every night since.
I get 1 night per week when I can actually SLEEP at MY house!

I have 4 siblings but one 'boards' livestock, so he has to feed, the nother-brother has a blind wife at home and my little sister is caring for her son with cancer. My other sister has critters too, but she does haul Mom to all her appointments.
I get to take her hair curlers out, cook, wash dishes, do laundry and water the plants in the greenhouse.

My wife is still caring for HER Mom at my home. She has been here for 7 years now. She has alzheimers.

I THOUGHT that I would get to relax in my favorite chair tonight... 8:15 PM, sat night the eldest daughter called..." I think that Shayna has been SHOT!!" OK, You have my ATTENTION!!

She explained that her MORON neighbor had come out of his house and fired a shotgun into the air TOWARDS my daughters house, she heard BBs hitting her pond and her 10 year old daughter yell! She had been struck in the neck!

he was far enough away that it didn't do any serious damage (YET)

I told her to call the COPS, and that I was on my WAY!!

I delivered my FAVORITE 'toy'. a 'cut down' Mauser bolt action, gray powder coated, re chambered for 308 cal., a box of 'Brass Jacket 'soft tips', a Bushnell 'STALKER' scope that makes a business card look like a LEGAL pad at 100 yards!

I told her to fire a 'warning shot'... CENTER BODY MASS!! If the MORON EVER shot at my grandkids again!!

For now, we give the nice cop we talked to for an hour a chance...

Re: Family FIRST!! OR/ why I have been absent
 

I replied on your other thread Jerry.

You play it cool and get this moron's guns lifted by the cops. And sue him for good measure.

Joe :mad:

[Say Hi to your Mom for me. My Mom's 83 next month. Nice to be able to care for them. Family first, as you say. ;)]

Joe

Re: Family FIRST!! OR/ why I have been absent
 

UPDATE!!

Mom had her elbow rebuilt in june, a week later she took 4 medals in the Mineral County, West Virginia 'Senior Olympics'!!

She was weeding her flower garden last week.... She is 'On the Mend!!! Thank God!!

She has not been in the 'drivers seat' for 2 months. We talked about that last night.. She will be taking me for a ride in the next few days. If I feel that she is ready, she gets her keys back.

I actually get to sleep at MY house a few days per week now!!

( Wife is GLAD to SEE me now!!)

I guess she is 'seeing' what it is like to wake up without me being there....


causing her to THINK a little....

Re: Family FIRST!! OR/ why I have been absent
 

I'm glad to hear of the improvement in things.

My Mom does not drive anyway, but she has a way of asking so she gets around plenty. :eek:

It's nice to have them [parents in general I mean] in good health. They looked after us for long enough.

Joe :)