Mommy Is a Mummy

On Wednesday afternoon, Mom was out for a walk with Dad when she tripped over some wire or twine near a neighbor's home. In the resulting fall, she broke both elbows and suffered a number of cuts and bruises in the process. She sees an orthopaedic doctor tomorrow, but we're optimistic that she won't require surgery.

 

 

In the meantime, she's been in a lot of pain. In Dad's terms, her arms and elbows are wrapped up so that "mommy looks like a mummy." Someone also needs to be with her at all times to help her eat, brush her teeth, and do many of the other tasks that you and I use our hands for and take for granted on a daily basis. In spite of it all, she's being her usual good-tempered and optimistic self.

My Dinner with Kenna 2014

My niece McKenna turned 11 years old last week. She, in fact, shares a birthday with her grandma Kathy (aka my mom).

To celebrate, because that's just the kind of awesome uncle I am, I took her out to eat lunch, and she picked Chick-Fil-A. After a good meal there, we went to the store, where she picked out some sidewalk chalk and a Play-Doh-like gooey substance. They were really excellent choices for a creative and fun 11-year-old.