Just Another Day

Well, life goes on. Yesterday was what would have been my father's 61st birthday. It's weird not having him here to celebrate it. I'm not crying as much, but the pain is still there. I was going to plan a party with friends to celebrate my dad's birthday, but life get in the way as it sometimes does. In the later half of August, my elderly neighbor slipped on her back porch and fell down her back steps. She's in her eighties, so her bones are very fragile. She broke her righ shoulder, right ribs, and her left hip. The hospital was going to do surgery, but she was in poor health. Her salt level was dropping, so they gave her fluids. This caused liquid to build in her lungs and it was a whole mish mish for a while. But, her levels were becoming normal. However, my neighbor had broken both of her arms, her back, and had a double bypass within the time frame of seven years. So the doctors were saying she wouldn't survive the surgery. In the last week of August, my mother paid her a visit in the hospital and she was doing better. Sadly, I don't have a happy ending. My neighbor, Karlyn, died late that night in her sleep.

We still try and push on. It's just weird when everything you know gets turned upside down.