February 3, 2017
I've been home from Mexico for almost 24 hours......Chuck's snoring on the couch with his little beany on his head keeping all that hotness called Charlie inside his skinny body......and I'm sitting here in my favorite chair catching up on bills, emails and trying to find matching siding for the side of our house. Life is back.....
About 5 months ago, my sister Debbie and I met for lunch at Maggiano's in Dallas.....a favorite for both of us. A shared chopped salad and 16 baskets of bread later, she asked me if my passport was up-to-date. "Well of course its not up-to-date" I tell her....I never go anywhere.....much less out of the country. She gently "suggested" I might want to get to working on that. I remember tilting my head....as if that would make sense of the whole comment....and plastering a question mark on my face.
My sister can't keep a secret.....she "planned" to keep the secret...but she can't....it's impossible. She blurted out that we were going on a cruise the end of January and this was her gift to me. A gift for the crappy year I had had.....it was her way of saying, "Dang girl, I want to help but don't know what to do....so I'm going to gift you some R-E-S-T from the chaos and take you to Mexico!" Sometimes.....you just need to fly away.....
She planned everything. EVERYTHING. She suggested Chuck's son, Troy and his brother, Doug, tag-team by staying with my beloved while I was gone "just in case" he took a tumble in the lake in his wheelchair or something. She suggested I make a trip to CVS to get that updated passport picture taken and she suggested I buy a new swimsuit.
And before I knew it, January was here......friends were loaning me "cruise-wear"......and male family members were bringing A/C thermostats to install and brisket to eat and preparing to teach Chuck how to cook while I was gone. We were ready to Rest.
And this, my friends, is the story of our Rest..........
I've been home from Mexico for almost 24 hours......Chuck's snoring on the couch with his little beany on his head keeping all that hotness called Charlie inside his skinny body......and I'm sitting here in my favorite chair catching up on bills, emails and trying to find matching siding for the side of our house. Life is back.....
About 5 months ago, my sister Debbie and I met for lunch at Maggiano's in Dallas.....a favorite for both of us. A shared chopped salad and 16 baskets of bread later, she asked me if my passport was up-to-date. "Well of course its not up-to-date" I tell her....I never go anywhere.....much less out of the country. She gently "suggested" I might want to get to working on that. I remember tilting my head....as if that would make sense of the whole comment....and plastering a question mark on my face.
My sister can't keep a secret.....she "planned" to keep the secret...but she can't....it's impossible. She blurted out that we were going on a cruise the end of January and this was her gift to me. A gift for the crappy year I had had.....it was her way of saying, "Dang girl, I want to help but don't know what to do....so I'm going to gift you some R-E-S-T from the chaos and take you to Mexico!" Sometimes.....you just need to fly away.....
She planned everything. EVERYTHING. She suggested Chuck's son, Troy and his brother, Doug, tag-team by staying with my beloved while I was gone "just in case" he took a tumble in the lake in his wheelchair or something. She suggested I make a trip to CVS to get that updated passport picture taken and she suggested I buy a new swimsuit.
And before I knew it, January was here......friends were loaning me "cruise-wear"......and male family members were bringing A/C thermostats to install and brisket to eat and preparing to teach Chuck how to cook while I was gone. We were ready to Rest.
And this, my friends, is the story of our Rest..........
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7 comments:
Oh WOW, Liz. I didn't know about this trip. I thought you just came down to Galveston for a few days. (By the way if you ever do, you had BETTER CALL ME!!)
What a wonderful sister you have. Oh God what I'd give for a sister like that. You so richly deserved this ... and even more... for all the sorrow and hardship with the house, Chuck's cancer, your cancer, losing Murphy, etc. etc. etc....all with a smile.
Happy for you!!
Love you,💖
Kathy
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy you had a good time, and hopefully, did rest!!! I want to hear all about it!
Much love, TOL
Awesome!! I hope it was great!
Liz
Loved this,your sister knew what you needed! Love never fails!
Shirley
I never get tired of reading what you write, Liz. You have such an engaging and comfortable style. Thank you for sharing with the rest of us. So glad you were able to get away with your sister and that Chuck was in good hands while you were gone.
Absolutely an adorable story!!!😙
You have my kind of luggage...large shopping bags! Looks like you are ready for adventure.
hope the weather stays good. keep us posted....you know we live vicariously through you
and your adventures! ant ellie llie
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