first of all, i want to thank all of you for all the kind words and best wishes. your words were very comforting, the past cup'l weeks have probly been the hardest time of my life so far, but have made it thru it, it was tough and wore very heavy on me, bout got the best of me a cup'l times but i pulled myself together and got er done. my (step) dad is happily settled in at the veterians home (beautiful place) and is doing great. he is fitting in real good there and making new friends already. he is very happy with his decission and i am ok with it too now. this home is an awesome place, the people are very nice and carring. there is everything he needs right there. there is even a guest house there for family to come and stay at. i promissed my mom, her and i will go down for a weekend this spring, so looking forward to a trip with my momma and we are taking the fishing poles too coz there is a lit'l lake there too. i can visit my dad often, he is only bout 45minutes away from here (quincy,il) and we go there quite a bit so not a problem there.
as for my mom...got her settled into her new appartment at the highrise in our hometown (Lewistown,il) very nice place too. she is living alone but has caregivers who come every day and do things for her. they have a very good security and life call system there that is tied into the fire and rescue station and the office downstairs, she has a lit'l call button she wears incase of a fall or emergancy (like the ones you see addvertise on tv) and a cup'l of her neighbors are people we have known for years. i was very worried about her being by herself but am feeling alot better about it now, i think she will be just fine. i am about the same distance from her as am with dad and same deal i go there often.
the only thing left to do now is go thru all the stuff that is left over that mom and dad has accumilated over their life time and can't keep with them. got it all in storage and plan to sort thru and probly have a sale later when the weather gets nicer. putting all this stuff in storage was a hard thing to do in itself. so much stuff mom n dad worked their buts off to have and now has to let go of, it is sad. makes me want to cry.
anyway, enuf of that, thanks everyone for listening. you guys are the best. am glad to be back, now looks like i got some reading to do to catch up on whats been going on here with my drum buddies. hope all has been good with everyone. ok now back to the drum stuff...........
