100 years

 Today, May 17th would have been my Mom's 100th birthday.  Not sure if they have birthday parties in heaven, but if they do I hope Mom is having a blast with all her family, my Dad, , my brother Greg, my nephew Jono, and perhaps others who aren't family by blood but by love.  Here's a few pics I gathered from over the years.  I know I have more, but they're not downloaded for sharing here.  I miss Mom every day as I would call her just about every day to check in, enjoy her thoughts and hear her voice. She was a very resilient woman who worked hard at her career as a switchboard operator/supervisor in a 500 bed hospital. She was so smart.  I always thought she was the smartest women alive!  She was a wonderful wife and a wonderful mom to us 6 kids. Happy heavenly birthday Mom! You are so missed and always so loved by me and all our family and the friends who were lucky to know you!

So pretty!  So Greek!

Mom, me, my sister Midge. The 3 musketeers!

Grand marshall at the neighborhood July4th parade.

Her 93rd birthday and she ate that all down!

All the young family.

Serving at the church giving mother's day roses to the women.

The last time at my house doing what she always enjoyed...chipping in to help either cooking or cleaning up. Yes, you are missed Mom.  She passed away May 29th, 2020, at age 94.  A long, full, love filled life, but we sure wish we could celebrate this one together here!

More Drama

 Sometimes it feels like the trials never stop. Wednesday evening I was sitting reading a magazine when I felt a little weird and my left arm was weak. When I stood up my left leg also felt weak.  Jack took me to the ER to get checked out.  The weakness had gone away but they ran me through stroke checks. Blood work, CT scan, heart monitoring.  My blood pressure was sky high which was different for me who never had high blood pressure.  They kept me for 2 days doing MRI, heart scan, ultra sounds looking for clots. Very thorough.  Everything came back normal except for a small hole between heart chambers that could have allowed a small clot to go through.  My body took care of it so no damage.  So managing BP symptoms and other things like cholesterol  is now going to happen. Im grateful for Jack pushing me to get checked quick and for good care from the nurses and doctors.  Feeling blessed and hopefully this won't happen again. 🙏   When it comes to strokes, getting treatment ASAP is essential for a good outcome.  Mine was a TIA that could have turned into a full blown stroke if I had ignored my symptoms.  Im now hoping for a quiet, healthy May!