by Sharon O | Jul 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
The waiting room is an interesting place.
I had three doctor issues yesterday and each one required a time of sitting in a waiting room as I waited for my name to be called.
It is a place that is awkward in the sense that you don’t really talk or carry on a conversation. As if it is known, it is a place of quiet.
Most people sat with their phones and browsed to pass the time away. There are no more magazines since covid, and staring at the walls is not a very exciting choice.
In this place there are a variety of people.
Some were young 20’s and some in their 80’s.
The lady across from me as I waited for an ultrasound was well into her 80’s. Sitting alone. Frail. I wondered what she was doing there alone and why no family was with her. I also wondered what was wrong with her.
There were always the ‘ones’ waiting for labs and or X-rays.
Each has a story and each had a reason to be there.
Each event I had to wait at least 45 minutes or more until they called my name. We ended the time with a meeting with my surgeon about my knee and how he would do my surgery which is now scheduled in October.
This year has been full of recovery and patience and pain and frustration. Slow moving and healing.
This knee is not working like it should and he has to redo it with a replacement knee. What a scary thought.
I will try not to think on the topic of my knee being removed.
He is a great surgeon, and he has done this many times with no problems.
I trust him totally.
Then I have to go through recovery and physical therapy again, and try to sleep without a lot of pain, one more time.
By nature, I have a high pain tolerance, so it is easy to not take pain pills or use other things to help manage it. In January when he did my first surgery, I lived in my chair, and I had used ice a lot.
Never did take pain pills but I am sure this time around I will.
We finally got home after 5 hours in the hospital. I took a hot shower and put my pj’s on to relax.
The waiting room is an interesting place and each time I go there I am often in praise for those who work in the medical field.
It is definitely not something I would want to do.
by Sharon O | Jul 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Our grandson is here.
She started labor the 10th and it kept moving throughout the day, mild not irritating just waiting and watching,
The night of the10th she went into the hospital at 11:00pm.
They admitted her and continued to watch and wait, we went to bed thinking a phone call would wake us up. Morning came and no baby, and no real change, so we began to pray and wait.
All day long it was ‘What is going on?’
At 6pm the 11th he was finally born. Weighing only 5 pounds and 6 oz. A tiny little one for sure, and totally precious. She did great and all is well. They are home settling into a routine, and it is good, and answered prayers help this grandma feel better.
They named him Wynston Dean (after great grandpa) and he has a full head of brown soft hair, dark grey eyes and precious tiny fingers and toes, oh so precious.
Our other great granddaughter Janly turned two on the 10th and we were wondering if they were going to share a birthday.
We were not able to see her, but we did do facetime on the iPad and that is always a fun thing to do. The attention span of a 2-year-old is very short and we have to just understand that fact, she says Pawpa but not grandma yet. Hoping soon she will be able to say that word.
It is a blessing to be great grandparents when I think of the legacy we will hand down to the. To Love the LORD with all their heart… To remember we love them, and Jesus does too.
A funny part of the story is the new baby has a brother who is 4. His name is Elias and when I was holding Wynston, Elias brought me the car seat and wanted me to “PUT HIM DOWN,” in the car seat.
It is hard when baby gets attention and you don’t.
We will all work on that.
Our grandson is here and it is going to be a very special year for us.
Time to find some children’s books. 
by Sharon O | Jul 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
A new baby is coming very soon, possibly in the next few days.
Our oldest granddaughter who is 27 is having her first little baby.
It is pretty exciting. We have ONE great granddaughter already and now we will have a little boy. They say his name will be Winston Dean after grandpa so we will see if that is true.
We changed our son’s name after he was born. I used to really like Joel Patrick. But when our son arrived, we decided we wanted his name to be Christopher.
Still love the name. Christopher = Christ bearer
Anyway, we shall see when this little one comes and joins the family. She is really cute in her maternity style, which is summer tops and shorts, I never had to go into the heat of summer our babies were born in March.
It is an answered prayer for me, to see these babies.
When I was going through my cancer recovery, I asked the Lord if I can live long enough to see some great grand babies. And here I am recovered six years now with two joining the family.
God is good.
The other blessing we have had is about our daughter and a new ‘job’ opportunity. She had worked there a few years ago and then moved on.
Her most recent job didn’t pay enough so she began to look again and then her old company called her offering a job opportunity.
God answered a prayer again, over and over he has protected her and kept her safe.
Our middle grandson is coming home from Nepal.
He is loving mission work and believe me; this grandma has prayed for his protection. Flying all on his own at age 18 through many countries. The last trip he was in Asia and really liked it there. Even after he was bit by a large centipede he managed to be OK after a few days of resting.
Soon our new baby is coming to add to the family tree.
Congratulations to the new parents as we pray for safety and health.
by Sharon O | Jun 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
The older I get the faster time moves.
The year is half done and so many things have happened I can’t even begin to share, hopefully summer will be good as we move into hotter weather.
Our granddaughter moved to another state with her little family which means a two-hour flight to visit instead of a two-hour drive.
We do face time on our IPAD but that is not the same as a real in person visit.
The baby will be two in a few weeks. We will miss her party.
Our oldest granddaughter is having a baby in a few weeks, so it is a happy time for everyone.
It is a baby boy with the middle name given that is also great grandpa’s middle name. That was an emotional moment when they shared it at the baby shower.
We are definitely getting older. My knee surgery is still not healed, and I am looking at a knee replacement in about four months.
Hoping for a September time of recouping through the fall months.
It has been a long recovery that started last October.
I have so many little organization chores that needs to be done in this house, when we moved in a lot of things were just thrown in tubs and put into a closet. Soon the cleaning will begin. Especially if I am having knee surgery it has to be taken care of.
Time is sure moving fast. Turning 71 has made me realize more days are behind me than those that are before. What I do with those days is important for my legacy and my sanity.
We have aging cats these days and we are watching them, for signs of slowing down and health issues, they are both age 11.
I will not get anymore animals, I am truly done for the first time in my life I am positive these are our last ‘furry children’.
Time is sure moving fast and we need to make more decisions in the days ahead of us as change comes into our day to day lives..
by Sharon O | May 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s almost Mother’s day.
Always a Sunday and always busy with brunches, flowers, cards and other things.
I told my husband years ago, do not do anything fancy or public for me.
I don’t really care for the Hallmark idea of mother’s day.
Anyone who has ever been through the process of delivering a baby, knows what mother’s day is about.
It is hard work, it is every day, it is thankless giving and working.
I did not have the rosy warm fuzzy experience with my mother.
It is OK it is what it was and that is fine.
When our children came, I tried to be a fair mom and a warm mom.
YES, I made mistakes.
I was young.
I was not in therapy yet and I had a lot to overcome because of how I was brought up.
We tend to repeat what we learn, and I learned a lot of disfunction.
(yes, that is a buzz word, and it really means not functioning well)
I was 20 when our son arrived. Young, without experience. Then our daughter arrived when I was 23.
Our children grew up and balanced with me and my issues and our parenting styles they did good.
Both of them became adults who also became parents.
Our son has three boys, and our daughter has three girls.
I learned to be a mom of an adult, and I learned to pray accordingly.
They didn’t need me like they did when they were young.
That is the design of God for parents to raise them and then let them go.
Think of Mary, as she watched her son grow and move away from her.
He still cared emotionally and that showed up when he was on the cross and told John to take care of her.
Still loving. Still caring.
I watch my own daughter become a mother of three daughters and now I see one of them become mommy to a little girl.
Generational disfunction is done. Healed. A new era of love and caring is taking place.
It’s almost mother’s day and I will treasure the moments with new generations.
