In February, I went to my neighbor's son's first birthday party. And we had planned a first birthday party for Kaden. But that's been put off until May 1st when we'll have a merry unbirthday party for him! Mid-February I got a big fat tax refund, courtesy of my wonderful Uncle Herb who does my returns every year. It really helped since Gina has been on medical leave this semester. We've had difficulty adjusting to just my income.
In March, I had some new health concerns. A few tests that showed nothing wrong and an inconclusive biopsy left me with exploratory surgery as the next step. Ugh. It's scheduled for May 10th and hopefully will resolve the issue. And that brings us up to April.
My sisters and I had bought a memorial brick for my Mom at her alma mater, Harding University, back in October. It was supposed to be placed on campus near the lily pond (or what is now called the Bud Davis Memorial Fountain). The original plan was to show it to her when Gina & I took her to Arkansas for Christmas. But Gina wound up going to see her family alone. Mom & I were scheduled to go see some of her old (and I do mean OLD!) college buddies over her birthday weekend January 8th. But Arkansas had snow that weekend so we canceled and rescheduled the trip to Easter weekend.
Since the brick was a present from all 4 of us daughters, we had hoped all 4 of us could go and see the brick on campus. But unfortunately, Lori couldn't make it. JD filled in for her. We decided to keep this part of the trip a secret from Mom. She thought it was just going to be the two of us. Shari, Denise, and JD were on the plane that came from San Antonio to Houston and ultimately dropped us off in Little Rock. As you can see, Mom was truly surprised when she saw them on the plane!
In fact, she was so surprised, she didn't even recognize Shari! It was a running joke all weekend. We had a great time, which will be revealed in future posts. For now...signing off...
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