swellmomma Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 It sucks you all get to have so much fun on this thread while I am stuck at work all day...imma gonna pout now. Also I need to become really awesome as something so I can get a cool title. And another also, I am going to take the plunge and do the whole30 starting on Monday and my sons are joining me, so if I vanish off the hive completely by next friday it is because we went crazy from lack of carbs and killed each other. Let's hope that doesn't happen lol. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Also I need to become really awesome as something so I can get a cool title. You have Machine Gun Kitty! Who can compete with that? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hello, ITT friends. This morning I went to check on Nan about 7:40 am, and she was sleeping so peacefully that I told the nighttime caregiver I did not want to check or change her diaper. We've never done this. We always change it in the morning before the caregiver leaves at 8 am so I have her help. So I was making coffee, and the caregiver came to get me. She reported that at 7:55 am, Nan threw back her covers as she often does, raised both hands up, lowered them to her chest, took three little breaths and was gone. No pain, no sorrow. Very peaceful. Very fast. I did not find a pulse or see any respirations so I woke dh and called the hospice nurse, who came right over. I would link the obit, but they have the wrong one up. (long story) Things I will remember about Nan: "Don't tell all you know." "Take care of your teeth." "Trust the Lord." Nan was the rock of her family, always steady, dependable, and calm. I did not know how very sad I would be at her passing. I also did not know how very heavy the burden of care had become, not the physical burden but holding a person's well-being in your hands. Nan had become my "baby", and I am so honored that I got to walk her home. The last day of her life, she laughed, talked, drank sweet tea and melted cherry slush, and she grabbed my hand and told the caregiver that I was the nicest lady she knew. Thank you, Nan, for all you have done for my husband and me. Now you get to see Mama and Papa and Frankie. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 :grouphug: I am so sorry to hear she has passed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm glad she's home. I'm glad it was fast. I'm sorry for your pain. Go Nan. :) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (((Oh Tex))) Thank you for sharing Nan with us. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 :grouphug: Hugs, Texasmama. Your thoughts at her passing are beautiful. Nan was very dear! Praying for you and your family now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (((Oh Tex))) Thank you for sharing Nan with us. This. She was as lucky to have you as you were to have her. Darn it. I'm crying. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Oh, Tex. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I'm so pleased she had such a beautiful last day with you. She knew how loved she was; what a precious gift you gave her. Thank you for sharing her with us as you walked her home. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Tex, Nan was lucky to have you in her corner. :grouphug: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Thanks, friends. I feel like I won the lottery in sacred life experiences to be able to do this and for it to end before it took more than it gave, if that makes sense. Two months, she was with us. Six would have been a burden. It was just enough time to walk her the last mile home and to see what happens up close and personal during those last sacred days of a life (mostly) well-lived. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yesterday, I decided to wash her hair. She had been in the hospital bed for two weeks, and it was dirty. So I managed to do it. I dried it and curled it and sprayed it. Nan asked for make up, and I gave her some lipstick. I washed her comforter and changed her sheets (with the help of the aide). It now feels like a spiritual ritual of sorts. Lilycat has been in Nan's room a lot this week, which is different. On Tuesday, Lily went into the room, refused to sit in my lap, and jumped up on Nan's bed and sat right next to Nan's legs. She stayed a long time. She took to going into the room and laying on the other bed all this week. After Nan died, Lily went into the room and laid on the other bed in the room. She stayed until the people from the funeral home came, and I picked her up and took her out because I knew the stretcher would scare her. Lily knew that Nan was near the end. She was keeping vigil. I think that is really cool. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Texasmama, my condolences to you and your husband. You rock. Thank you for sharing a bit of Nan with us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Oh, honey girl, I'm so sorry for your loss. :crying: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Thank you, Jesus, for bringing Tex's Nan home so gently. :grouphug: and condolences to you, Tex, and your family for your loss. Tex, I also want to thank you for sharing Nan's final walk with us. God bless you for your faithful and steadfast care; your strength and tenderness was beautiful to see, even if I watched it from a distance. It always makes me so sad when I hear Christians fall away when they experience suffering; having walked a similar path with my grandmother, I've come to believe that it is only through travelling a hard and painful road that can we truly begin to appreciate our Savior's sacrifice. Again, bless you for sharing your witness and your walk. My family will pray for yours. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining Pineapples Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Texasmama- I am sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing such a personal journey. What a beautiful way to leave this world- all cleaned up and surrounded by love. :grouphug: :grouphug: Your family is in our prayers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 :grouphug: Tex and family. Thank you for sharing the journey. What a beautiful send-off. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Oh Texasmama, I am so sorry for your loss. 💔 Thank you so much for sharing the stories of Nan with us. I will be thinking of you and your family. 😞 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I've posted this one before, but it seemed appropriate for the day. Have a blessed day, everyone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Ya'll are the best. :grouphug: Edited May 20, 2016 by texasmama 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I've posted this one before, but it seemed appropriate for the day. Have a blessed day, everyone. I listened to this and sobbed. Thank you. My plan for today is to sit on the couch, write thank you notes to the caregivers, and be a wreck. I have decided that anyone who is a wreck is welcome to join me. If folks are not a wreck, they can go hang with the unwrecked people. #aintnobodygottimetoplayhostess 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Thank you very much for the hula, Your Majesty. I am sure that it will go a long way to heal the painful divisions that were springing up over poor language usage and the quacking up of a member. One question, though. What's the difference between the two? There are techically 3 now: hooya, hooyah, and the lesser known British commonwealth version, "houyah." (with optional 'eh' or 'so' to finish) :hat: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Texasmama - Very sorry for your loss. Lovely obituary. ((hugs)) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I listened to this and sobbed. Thank you. My plan for today is to sit on the couch, write thank you notes to the caregivers, and be a wreck. I have decided that anyone who is a wreck is welcome to join me. If folks are not a wreck, they can go hang with the unwrecked people. #aintnobodygottimetoplayhostess "I listened to this and sobbed. Thank you." :grouphug: "My plan for today is to sit on the couch, write thank you notes to the caregivers, and be a wreck. I have decided that anyone who is a wreck is welcome to join me. If folks are not a wreck, they can go hang with the unwrecked people." The wrecked people are far healthier and better off than those who've yet to realize their brokenness. Tight :grouphug: s and many prayers; grief sucks. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.†Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor. 12:910 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Beautiful obituary, Tex. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Such a beautiful obituary, Tex, for a beautiful woman of God. Thank you for sharing it with us. Love and hugs to you today. :grouphug: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I've been out and about today, but reading from my phone (hate replying that way.) JoJosmom, the song was beautiful. I love that song and Third Day. Texasmama, what a beautiful obituary. :grouphug: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 There are techically 3 now: hooya, hooyah, and the lesser known British commonwealth version, "houyah." (with optional 'eh' or 'so' to finish) :hat: I understand your confusion. It isn't that there are three...whatchamacallits (hooya, hooyah, and houyah); it's that I inadvertently and uncharacteristically without thought posted the same YouTube video. ::bangsheadonkeyboard:: There is still only one way to start a new page: BOOYA. I have no opinion about hooya, hooyah, or houyah, other than the fact they are not used the way we use BOOYA. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I understand your confusion. It isn't that there are three...whatchamacallits (hooya, hooyah, and houyah); it's that I inadvertently and uncharacteristically without thought posted the same YouTube video. ::bangsheadonkeyboard:: There is still only one way to start a new page: BOOYA. I have no opinion about hooya, hooyah, or houyah, other than the fact they are not used the way we use BOOYA. So the Queen has written, so it shall be done. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My teen s had their army cadet annual review to wrap up the year today. Ds16 won an award, CO's award for adversity, awarded due to how much he has had to overcome this year with his disabilities to be a good cadet. He is looking forward to next year. The reviewing officer is a commanding officer within the Loyal Edmonton Regiment of the army which is like our sponsoring unit. He told my dd15 he thinks she would be a fine addition to their unit next year if she does indeed join the reserves as planned, that gave her a boost. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Brandy, that is awesome! Way to go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I understand your confusion. It isn't that there are three...whatchamacallits (hooya, hooyah, and houyah); it's that I inadvertently and uncharacteristically without thought posted the same YouTube video. ::bangsheadonkeyboard:: There is still only one way to start a new page: BOOYA. I have no opinion about hooya, hooyah, or houyah, other than the fact they are not used the way we use BOOYA. So the Queen has written, so it shall be done. But, the Original Booya Babe has already stated that hooya is okay. So, sorry, Queeniepoo, overruled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I understand your confusion. It isn't that there are three...whatchamacallits (hooya, hooyah, and houyah); it's that I inadvertently and uncharacteristically without thought posted the same YouTube video. ::bangsheadonkeyboard:: There is still only one way to start a new page: BOOYA. I have no opinion about hooya, hooyah, or houyah, other than the fact they are not used the way we use BOOYA. It's funny you should say this, as I nearly typed in 'booya.' I don't know how to use neither booya nor hooya (other than at the top of a new page on this thread). Maybe you can explain. Where I come from (Western Canada), we use 'yeeha' or for added emphasis 'yeeeeeehaaaaa!.' As this is often done in relation to cowboys, bulls, steer and such, I'm guessing that 'hooya' is different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 booya is a catchphrase - wiki says apparently gained popularity from a tv show. urban dictionary captures it nicely, I think. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=booyahooyah is a war cry of US navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooyah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 DD4 "played" her first soccer game ever today. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I have some happy news. :) I've been checking on the foster kittens and cat, and the solid gray kitten (J.J.) got adopted. :D He was the one I named for my two friends who passed away on the same day. He was also the one who managed to get his toes caught up in the toy and we had to baby him all day until he was better. He is a beautiful kitten, all gray with slight stripes. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Did I tell y'all I think I've gotten dh hooked on the forum? I think he's going to post something. I should stalk him so I can like his post. :D 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (((texasmama))) I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your experience of caring for your Nan, I am glad that her last days seem to have been so peaceful and lovely. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Did I tell y'all I think I've gotten dh hooked on the forum? I think he's going to post something. I should stalk him so I can like his post. :D what's his username so we can stalk him too and make him feel welcome (or scared if we all start stalking him, either way its all good lol ) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks! He is Dallas050. He posted on the Jurassic Thread on the Chat Board right after I did. :D His avatar is a coffee mug with chess dad on it. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/user/70230-dallas050/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks! He is Dallas050. He posted on the Jurassic Thread on the Chat Board right after I did. :D His avatar is a coffee mug with chess dad on it. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/user/70230-dallas050/ I liked his post. And then I trolled him. :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Very discouraged today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sorry, Jean. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 My teen s had their army cadet annual review to wrap up the year today. Ds16 won an award, CO's award for adversity, awarded due to how much he has had to overcome this year with his disabilities to be a good cadet. He is looking forward to next year. The reviewing officer is a commanding officer within the Loyal Edmonton Regiment of the army which is like our sponsoring unit. He told my dd15 he thinks she would be a fine addition to their unit next year if she does indeed join the reserves as planned, that gave her a boost. :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Very discouraged today. :( :grouphug: , Jean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Very discouraged today. :crying: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 okay I replied to his post and welcomed him but determined his name was wrong rofl. He is going to think we are all nutters but given that I am sure he thinks that already thanks to you sharing about the hive I assume he was prepared for it rofl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks for giving him a warm welcome. :D Ack! And BooyaHHHHH!!! .....oh, and song thing..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Very discouraged today. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I've vetted your dh, and he's funny so he's in. ;) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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