Hola, All! Since my mom is in a retirement center and never moving home, my sisters have made great progress cleaning out her house while I was in Costa Rica. I headed south last Friday so that I could help out, and visit my mom. But, earlier in the week, I had started getting a migrain. It took me a couple of days to really get to the root of it: the unconscious fear of seeing my mother again. Even though I wasn't consciously worried about how she would treat me, something in my unconscious was. I was really glad when the reason for my migrain finally came to the surface because I have found that when I know what's bothering me, then my body starts to relax and the pain goes away without any medication. Friday I stopped at sister Carol's house for lunch, then we headed over to mom's house, 'the project'. We are so fortunate because mom's neighbor has a big open trailer that he has parked in her driveway for us to put things like old carpet, flooring, trash. Then, when it's full, he is going to take it to the dump for us. He also keeps an eye on the house for us. Sister Jeanne also came over to help for awhile. That night Jeanne, Carol, Stan (Carol's husband) and I got together for cards. It really reminded me of how much I miss being around family, and just being able to pop into one of their houses without really having a reason.
Saturday was a good work day as sister, Lynne, and son, Torry, also were there to work. We really got alot accomplished; you can see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. By the end of the day, we were all pooped and ready to do nothing.
Sunday Carol and I drove to Round Rock to see mom, who was happy to see us. She showed no trace of ever not 'liking/loving' me. Hopefully, my unconscious mind was paying attention and can let it go. Our visit went well, and after dropping Carol off at her house, I drove home. I plan to return August 27 to continue working on 'the project'.
Chao for now!
Dawnie
excellent news...so glad you were able to figure out why you had the migraine. By the time you finish with your mom's house, you will be so good at it, that helping Ed with Bev's house will be a breeze! We are fortunate Mom and Dad gave almost everything away but their essentials way back 25 years ago when they began traveling and moved upstairs to the apartment in their home. There will be mostly mementos and photos to sortbwhen it is their time to leave home.
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