My sisters and I all ended up going home to see Cody's graduation. It was a quick trip, leaving on Friday and coming home Sunday afternoon. TJ stayed home with the girls and I flew home to Albuquerque. It's always nice to go home and be with my family. This was a new experience however. Just the siblings and no spouses or kids. It was really great. We got to spend some real time together with no distractions. Graduation was Friday night and after we went out to eat at Scarpas. I'm really proud of Cody and what he has been able to accomplish. He is ridiculously smart and has so much potential.
We spent the rest of the night helping my dad move like 100 tables from one church building to another. We got some good team work in with some great conversation.
I can't remember the last time my sisters and I just talked like we did.
Since Missy (the family dog) passed away Cody got himself a new dog. Her name is Ally and she is a great dog. I could tell Cody really loves her and and she makes him happy. I'm glad that he has someone who makes him smile in his life right now.
My mom had the idea to hike up to the waterfall behind our house and have a picnic lunch there. It was the BEST idea ever!! We all had so much fun and it was nice to be outside enjoying nature.
I can't believe that of all the years I lived at my parents current house (14105 La Mesita) that I never hiked this waterfall before. Even though the waterfall was dry it was still a really cool place to have a picnic.
Here is my dad on the phone with Tandy because she actually got lost on the way up. Guess she was too busy taking pictures to see where we went.
And here she is...She is so stuburn. She kept insisting that she was not lost and that she knew exactly where she was but she just didn't know where to find us. Doesn't that mean she is lost?? It was a good joke for the rest of the weekend.
While at home I gave a few haircuts. Thats just what I do...give haircut wherever I go. This weekend was so AWESOME and I can't wait together with my brother and sisters agin. I think we need it and it is good for us. We realize how much we love each other, how different we are, the different things we have to offer the family, and we realize we are all in this crazy thing called life together.
Kasey, our other dog, was put down the day after I got home. She went downhill after her pal Missy left. So sad for Cody and my parents. It's good she is with Missy now. Sad that Ally will be alone now.
Cody and I had some good times at home. We played a lot of card games and talked about funny memories together. I think he forgot about his trials and smiled for a minute. Better than nothing. My parents left for the night the last night we were all there to give us kids time with Cody to kinda have a little intervention with him and talk him into going to rehab. It went good but at the end of the night I don't think he is going. And if he doesn't, my parents are kicking him out. I think he will hit rock bottom before he starts his way up again. It makes me sick thinking about it. And my heart hurts for my parents who know what will happen when they say move out. But as long as Cody stays in their house my parents are enabling him. And they know it.
They are doing the right thing.
I pray for Cody.
I pray for my parents.
And I pray I never have to go through this with my own kids.
After our hike we went and played Putt Putt.
I suck.
It was cool however to watch Cody get a hole in one, one right after another.
He is good.
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