Christmas 2009 Draws to an End

Christmas 2009 Draws to an End

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 No Comments

Christmas 2009 draws to a close as I spend Saturday driving my kids from Iowa City to Chicago for them to hop a flight back to Nashville. This holiday season was spent  with the family at my folks place in Van Horne; along with Jared, Haley, Beth, John, Emmett, Christine, Dave, Larry, Lou and my [...]

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Spring Break and BF2

Spring Break and BF2

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1 Comment

It must have been a freak of nature or a massive aligning of the planets that allowed my University of Iowa Spring Break to coincide with my kids school break. But nevertheless, it did happen and my kids and I were allowed a weeks worth of chilling around my parents house for seven days.
As usual, [...]

Mom returns home

Monday, February 11, 2008 No Comments

Spent the weekend over at the folks place to see how mom was adjusting to life in the real world. It was good to see her back in her natural environment: napping on the couch.
Mom is a bit uneasy on her feet, although that didn’t keep her from walking around the living room, checking [...]

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Mom takes baby steps

Friday, January 11, 2008 No Comments

Update as of Feb.8, 2008: from Larry Albers
I picked Mary up yesterday afternoon at Vinton and she is now at home from her long escapade in the Hospital. She is managing the home very well with the assistance of a walker, as she is still somewhat unsteady when she is without [...]

the continuing health issues of my mother, Mary Albers

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 No Comments

Latest update as of 1/9/07 @ 11:00p.m.
Finally… a good 24 hours. Spent some time with Mom tonight and she was more alert and talkative than she had been the entire week. She kept saying to herself, “I just need to quit worrying.” When I asked her what about, she replied, “Everything.”
Mom’s mostly worried about my [...]

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