Week of recovery

It's spring break, and it's time to recover. Linda's mom died last week. She found out about a month ago that she had cancer, and that was a shock. It was advanced and essentially non-treatable and did its work quickly. Linda was a stunned as everyone, but happier that it was pretty quick rather than drawn out (more than it was).

It did mean a lot of traveling and a lot of visiting and family. We drove to Linda's parent's house twice last week, early in the week and again later in the week. At the visitation there were scores of people; family, friends from church, old family friends, friends from school. Many hadn't seen Linda in 10 years, and definitely not since her stroke. So lots of people wanted to visit with her.

A year ago I don't think she could have done that much talking. She says it will take a month to recover her energy. We'll see.

When everyone eats lunch together

Ellie was particularly excited to go to school today. When I asked her about it, she said it is because there is all-day day care during midterm break. That means that the preschool kids and the kindergarten kids all eat lunch together. Ellie has a lot of friends in kindergarten, so this is a big plus in her book.