Surprises

Ever since I have moved to the southwest I have always wanted to surprise a family member. Well now I get to do it.

For those that do not know. Since July 2007 I have lost a grandmother and almost lost my mother. On April 4, 2008 Kiersten woke me up to tell me she could not wake our mother up. She tried everything and nothing was working. Now for those of you who do not know. My mother has been disabled recently and is on much pain killers to ease the pain from a degenerative spinal disease. So the not being able to wake her up did not concern me as much as the disorientation of my mother. (she thought she still lived in philly). 911 was called and in 7 hours my mother went from dehydration from the flu to septic renal failure and me getting on a plane as fast as I could soaring back to the east coast. After a month of many tests, two hospitals and rehab my mother finally got the correct diagnosis of c-diff bacteria. She is on the mend and doing much better.

So in August I was trying to figure out what I could get my mother for her birthday. When I checked the prices for flights and saw how cheap the plane flight was. YES! Cheap. I bought a plane ticket and on September 3rd I am on the red eye to surprise my mother for her birthday......


Of all the people that know we were most afraid of me ruining the surprise. Since, I am the worst when I have the perfect gift for someone keeping it to myself. So three more days and I will have made it and not spoiled the surprise YEAH !!!!!!