Thursday, January 27

I LOVE this picture. This is what Gammy used to wear when i was little. She would wrap her hair up in curls and then put this head wrap on and be able to sleep and wake up to a head full of curls. It reminded me of my childhood, I haven't seen her like this in years. 

You could really write a whole book about Gammy. She just got diagnosed today with Liver Cancer. Its hard to believe it when you hear her talk about life and tell me her stories about being in the hospital earlier that day. Overnight they told her not to get out of bed. They put all these barricades up around her bed so she wouldn't sneak out. When she told me about it, she said "they didn't know they were dealing with the original spider man" She got up. She got out of bed. She climbed over the rails and slid her body in between the obstacles. She brought her IV pole with her, went to the other side of the bed and just got back in. She didn't have to get up, but she wanted to prove to herself that she could. She got back in the bed and laughed. There's a saying, "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade" ...Shes making lemonade... and shes laughing still. 

You can only control so much in life, but you can always control how you respond. I need to get better at sliding between the obstacles and laughing when i get back into bed.