I am a stay at home Mom of 4 kids. Kaleb is 12, Jasmyn is 10, Mason is 8 and Harlie is 5. My husband works very long hours driving a tanker, delivering fuel to gas stations in our area. He more often than not works close to 60 hours a week. Here is my beautiful family!
We also have my "sister" Roselyn and her 4 year old daughter, Nayla living with us for a while. I use " " around the word sister because she is my sister by choice, not by blood!
To say that our lives are busy and full would be an understatement! And as most Moms in any family, I am the glue that sticks us together but also the engine that keeps us moving forward. And when Mom is not performing at 100%... stuff gets complicated quick!
Meals times, bath times, chore times, school times, Marimba times, and did I mention meal times....well all that sucks when I am doped up and recovering from major surgery!
Thankfully with the help of Tim and Roselyn and my Amazing children the house did not turn into shambles. Chores got done. Laundry got washed and dishes got loaded and unloaded, And I think that the kids even took a bath occasionally during these past 3 weeks!
My sweet friend and neighbor Amber took on the chore of getting my kids back and forth to school. She dropped them off and picked them up everyday for at least 2 weeks!! And she even would go pick up Jasmyn late on Tuesdays so she could go to Marimba rehearsal! And when it rained or snowed would leave early to pick Kaleb up from his school so he didn't have to walk to the elementary school in crappy weather. Amber also checked in on me every day through texts, calls and drop bys to make sure I was OK. I love her so much and appreciate her loving support of our family while I was recovering!
The other way my friends and family have shown such deep love and support to our family during my recovery was providing meals! For about 3 weeks straight I received hot delicious meals at my door by 6pm! Kim Sonko organized the meals through a site called mealtrain.com and it was a life saver! Shannon, Tamara, Barb, Amber, Ellen, Jen, Ashley, Daree, Kim, Stephanie, and Mirna all brought us meals. Some of those awesome ladies even brought meals multiple times!
I cannot even express in words how amazing it is to not have to worry about whats for dinner when you don't have the ability to stand up straight or stay awake long enough to cook! The first weeks of my recovery where painful and exhausting and very much drug enhanced! These awesome friends of mine saved my day.... repeatedly. I felt such love and support from all of them!
Thank you ladies! Thank you for fully understanding what it is like to be a Mom in recovery. Thank you for loving me and not judging me! Thank you for waiting until you were outside my door before you burst out laughing at how inappropriate I can be when on drugs (and sometimes sober). And I would like to deeply apologize to Tamara and her poor daughter Emily whom I probably scarred for life by showing her my "blood grenades"! :)
From the very bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!!
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