it’s the nurse!

Today I was just getting started buying groceries when I noticed a familiar face. It took a second or two for it to register just exactly where I knew her from. And then it hit me.

She was our pediatrician’s nurse from when both kids were babies up until just a couple of years ago when she had her first child. I loved her. And have often wondered what happened to her after her baby came.

I found out today that she’s now working at the children’s hospital where Bub was treated, but in a different department.

We chatted and caught up a little bit and then she asked me how long ago, how old was he, how long..all the usual questions regarding Bub and his illness.

And then she told me…Dr. XYZ cried and cried and cried when we found out about what was wrong with Bub.

We continued to talk some more and then she needed to get going, so we said our glad to see you’s and our goodbyes.

I turned to pick up some tomatoes and suddenly heard the weirdest sound. It was me. Choking back tears.  I couldn’t get the thought of our sweet pedi, Dr. XYZ sobbing her heart out for our sweet little boy out of my mind. 

I composed myself and moved on….willing myself not to fall apart into a puddle right in the middle of Walmart.

*on a side note, Dr. XYZ “retired” after she had kids. She has an amazing family and is taking time off to raise them. I’ve seen her a few times through the years. We saw her while we were out with Bub not too long after she left the practice…we were out and about over the Christmas break. We knew by then that it was Bub’s last holiday with us, but she did not know that, as she had stopped working before that bit of info trickled down to her. So I told her myself standing in the middle of the mall about his prognosis. And a few years later, I heard her yelling out Mrs. You Know Who…and I turned to see her waving frantically at me. We stood outside Target and chatted for a good half hour. And there have been a couple of other times I’ve seen her ‘out’ and we’ve gotten to talk a bit. I miss her. She is a special lady.

So was our nurse. I miss them both. : )

visitors from afar

We recently made some new friends.

The mother of one of my girl’s classmates called me and wanted to know if they could drop in for a visit so our girls could meet.

They don’t live anywhere around here…we are talking several days of journey for them.

We said we would love to meet them.

So we did.

And our girls did.

I enjoyed listening to our girls giggling in the same room.

Instead of over skype.

For six fun filled days.

I loved meeting and getting to know her parents a little bit…fighting my ‘from the wall’ tendencies the entire time. : )

And more importantly meeting them at our church on Sunday for worship…which is the thing that binds us more than having daughters that happen to be friends.

And then we said our goodbye’s and there was stillness in my little house again.

It was a wonderful experience and one that I never expected when we signed on to do homeschooling online.

Who’dathunkit.