A Good Day!

Today was a good day. Yesterday was a hard one as I took Grandpa around to the local banks in town to take care of some of the financial business that comes with death. Actually, I should give myself a little credit for Friday (yesterday). I started the day by making the rest of the financial phone calls that I'd been postponing. Now we're just waiting for forms to be mailed to us and return phone calls. It was emotionally grueling to take Grandpa to the banks, he just seemed lost. As we were waiting at one of the banks and talking about the process he was so sweet, he said he wanted to figure out what he could do so we wouldn't have to go through the same thing when he passed away. It makes me feel so sad to see him so lonely. We make sure that each day at least one of us goes to visit him and bring him a meal, but a visit for an hour or two can't take the place of the loneliness for the other 22 or 23 hours of the day. Grandpa's neighbors have been tremendous! They shovel his driveway, bring him soups and chat with him, etc. I really appreciate their love for him and their support of him.

Today my 'to do' list was much more relaxed. Got Grandpa's medisets filled, picked up a cd at Karen Blair's for Seminary, went with the family for lunch at Costco, took a Costco dog and rootbeer float to Grandpa's for his lunch. Had a fun time at Grandpa's chit chatting and then Alex decided he needed to play outside. So he and Nana went outside. We quickly formulated the 'downhill race game'. "Gentlemen, start your engines". It started with the 2 wheel vehicle and quickly progressed to the little red wagon and sock monkey. When it was time to go home, Pops, Mommy and Grandpa came outside and when Pops saw our game he quickly decided that King Krunch monster truck was the correct vehicle for the race. Alex was at the top of the driveway and he'd start King Krunch down the 'track' and Pops was at the bottom of the 'track' to catch King Krunch and then race him back up the 'track' where Alex was waiting to catch him.



Then this evening we got a sneak peak at our own personal 'Evil Knievel'. I predict many future trips to the Emergency Room in the Pascual family future!!


Time with family helps us heal.