What Happened To Me This Year

Please only continue to read this if you don't mind other peoples depressing stories.

Are you wondering were I went? Why did I delete everything off my site? What happened?

Well here it is:

At the beginning of the year my Gramma had a heart attack she lives in Ontario so my mother (who lives here in Red Deer) flew down there to take care of her.

My mother got real sick while she was down there  and ended up in the hospital. They discovered that she had stage three bone cancer and her kidney was failing and she had thee broken vertabrae in her back.

I flew down to take care of my mom but beofre I left my son was in a terrible car accident. The roads were real icey and his friends that were in the vehicle in front of him slid off the highway, so his friend pulled over to the side of the highway to help them. ( my son was a passenger in the back seat)  The Driver got out to help while my son remained in the back seat of the vehicle and then  another vehile slid off the highway and smashed into the back on the car my son was in. The impact pushed  the car into the middle of the highway where he was hit yet again my an on coming vehicle.  An ambulance came for him and he spent the night in the hospital. The hospital  and the police never even told me he was in there and what happened. I never found out until he was released.

A couple days later we left for the  Ontario  and unfortunately my son had an isle seat and kept getting smashed in the broken ribs with people walking by with their luggage. I thought for sure he was gonna pass out. He is quite a trooper.

After a week of caring for my mom her cat got really sick and I had to have it euthinized. My mom has had that cat for 18 years and it was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. My mom requested that I hold her cat as it left this world so I did. I can still see it and the eyes not closing. Thats something I never want to do again. I spent the next two days in tears.

It was a very hard two weeks and I never got much sleep. Luckily I had a wonderful friend that cared enough to come and relieve me of some stress and take me out.  I believe she is an angel and God put her in my life when I needed someone most.

I came home to a house that was burgularized. I felt so invaded.

The next day my sister-in-law called me and told me my brother was having major seizures and was rushed to Emergency. He had a grapefruit sized brain tumor.  On the day of his Brain surgery my mother had a massive stroke. My sister took the next plane out because she was told my mother would not make it through the night.

I got in touch with many friends and said " Please if you believe in God  please pray for my family"

I was having severe staffing problems at work and working way way too much. I so badly needed time off to regain my sanity cause I knew I was loosing it but being the boss I am the one that had to fill in.

My mother had a heart attack and then I lost it. I was in the hospital for a couple days. I came home to a house that was once again burgularized and the most depressing text message on my cell phone.

But I made it through all that with the help from some wonderful friends. A great friend said to me " Its o.k Laurie you don't have to be so tough" and I think letting everything go and snapping it was brought me back today.

I am not completely back to my happy go lucky self I get depressed alot and am often very lonely but things are on the mend.

Last week we finnaly got my mom home. She will be in the Hospital for awhile yet but thanks to My wonderful firends and all their prayers, and God above, she is doing fabulous. The doctors said she would need to be in a home for the rest of her life (shes only 57) but mom has proved them worng she is not paralized anymore she is talking she is walking she is joking. She still has some rehap to go through and some more cheemo but after two cheemos already she still has all her hair. My brother is doing famously since his brain surgery and has had no set backs. He tires out more then he use too and lost his license for a year but thats ok. My son has fully heeled and started  his first job and is making more money then me.