Hello, Friday and a goodbye lament to our Gogo

Friday!  Finally, Friday.


Although, truth be told, it feels a bit as if the week was one looooooooonnnnng Monday and suddenly we are at the last day.  Odd.


Emma is doing quite well.  Back on the codeine on a reduced dosage schedule.  Trying to wean off of it, but she is just still in too much pain for only Tylenol.


Quite well, though, can be defined as making an outing to Target and playing trains with her sister and her Daddy.  So there are moments of activity, but mostly lots of couch time still.  


Talking is coming slowly.  Quiet, punctuated by short bursts of cheery speech.  She's still enchanted with the sound of her voice {and maybe how it feels?}.  I will confess to having a very hard time understanding her at times.  And this is very frustrating to Emma and makes me sad for her.  We are making such a.m.a.z.i.n.g. strides, though!


The biggest {sad} news of the day is that my mom left this afternoon for her winter home.  Emma and I dropped her at the airport right before the elementary school pick-up.  Emma was so sad she wouldn't even look at her.  We really both were just sad, sad, sad.  In the best of ways.  


I've treasured away the sound of Luke and Gogo chatting away at bedtime. My Mom bunked in with Luke, and they were such pals in the evening.  Luke asking for definitions of words when stuck reading.  Luke waking in the night and asking Gogo if they could cuddle.  "Um, Luke, we are snuggling.  I am sleeping with you!"  The sweet music of their voices joined in harmony.  Such a dear memory. 


Gogo made our home spotless!  I am a huge and devoted fan of my vacuum, Fred {Astaire}.  He is such a lovely dancer.  Gogo had him flying through the house, and truly waltzed all the dust away.  Windows washed inside, surfaces dusted.  


And that doesn't even begin to address our food-laden refrigerator.  


Webster's definition of Grandma surely lists my mother's name followed by a list of attributes describing her that the rest of the world can try to live up to.  And I sound like I'm teasing, but I'm kind of not.  My Mom is so amazing.


And I love her so much.


We have a fun weekend planned.  Anna's Girl Scout troop is featuring "China" as their country at the International Day tomorrow morning.  I'm completing the display tonight.  We are really excited about the event.


Hopefully a long weekend of Daddy home and some good naps with lots of family love, will equal a girl greeting Monday as a new week!


Welcome, Friday.  We are so glad to see you here.