March 27, 2011: Insights

Hola, All! Several weeks ago when my sisters and I were finishing cleaning out my mom's house because we had a contract on the house, a random thought crossed my mind. It said something like 'after the house sells, my mom will pass away'. When I mentioned this to my sister, Carol, she didn't realize that I meant that my mom would know about it intuitively. Her response was, "Well, who's going to tell her?" Since I've tried to talk to Carol before about what I believe and didn't get very far, I just dropped the subject. Today I was talking to my sister, Lynne, about it and she said she had the very same thought last week after our cousin, Peggy, died. Even though Peggy was our cousin, she was the same age as my mom. Peggy's mom (who was my mom's sister) was 21, pregnant with Peggy when my mom was born. How would you like to be pregnant at the same time as your mother!! Yikes! Something else I shared with Lynne was the thought that I am going to get a windfall. This thought came into my mind last month, and randomly continues to appear. My feeling is that it will happen because my mom would have died. Again, Lynne said she just had the same thought last week. Interesting that 2 of us have had the same 2 random, or not so random, thoughts, isn't it? Right before lunch Carol texted me that mom had fallen twice and is being taken to Scott and White Hospital in Round Rock to see if anything was broken. Whether anything is or not, I think we will be moving her from the retirement center to an assisted living center where mom can get more care. With her memory problems and her mobility lessening, it's time to move on. I'm pretty sure that mom is ready to be done with this life, and I can't say as I blame her. Bad news, I just found out that mom has broken her other hip and is having surgery today. Will up-date you later. Insights can be wonderful but they can also be stressful, if I let them. One way to release stress is by walking outside, which I am going to do right now. Dawnie