Christmas with the family
Christmas with my family went well. I had this fantasy of stopping in the middle of Christmas festivities and saying, "I almost died 2 weeks ago, why were none of you there for me. Why are we pretending to be a happy family today when you obviously don't really care?" But, I decided to focus on cute niece and nephew and have fun with them. They were super fun and made it all good. My brother did make some trite comment about how "life is short" (not about me- about a song or something) and I said "Hey! I'm the one who should be saying that. I'm the one who could have died 2 weeks ago!" But it was all in a joking spirit, so no feelings were hurt. I'm glad I didn't let a mean side of myself out on Christmas day, even if my family hurt my feelings terribly by not visiting me when I had the PE. My brother still hasn't really acknowledged my PE. It's strange, but I think it just must freak him out. My sweetie was great. He was worried for me that there were a lot of green leafy veggies in our Christmas meal- spinach salad, creamed spinach... I told him it was no big deal to have small servings of both. But it was really nice of him to be so caring and attentive like that.
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when my husband had a PE we dont have any family here in Delaware. I have 4 kids oldest is 11,10,5,7 at the time. I called his mom and the whole family new he has 3 brothers 3 sisters noone came to help me. couple of them never called once to check on him nor me.... knowing I have 4 kids no family near. thank god for my friend and her husband they kept the kids afternoon and evening so I could be with him everyday for a week. long story short. I have cut his family out of my life. MY mom could not come she has alot of health issues and my sister in kansas was going to come if he was going to be in the hospital longer than a week. my other sister eas going to try to work with my other sister to come too. my husband mom called while he was in the hospital now the calls are far and in between. my husband could have died in our bed on June 23 and noone came to see him or come to spend time with the kids to make them feel secure. it was completely on me. OHhis sister was mad because I called the next day. mind you this happened at 10:30 at night and I called them early afternoon the next day. I had sooo much going on with my kids husband two dogs my friends ect.... his sister the one that was mad she him once 7th day in the hospital never again to check on him...... if you wanna chat let me know i\'ll give you my cell.