best friends

Thank you to my girls for cooking meals for my parents! Jaime hosted in her beautiful home and really put in a lot of work. Everyone made it out on a rainy Sunday afternoon and added their love to each of the recipes. This will really help my family out in the coming weeks. Love y'all!

Real Housewives of Tulsa County

I think I am actually going to play around with the concept of doing my movie. Originally, I had thought of doing a documentary with a small video camera and just asking people certain questions about their lives, then following up later to see if any of their answers had changed. I had a few fun ideas of also doing it in a blog format, or a magazine type thing. I am not sure which format I am going to use. I am actually looking for feedback on whether anyone would be interested in reading, or watching such a thing; and or participating.

The idea: I am interested in women in our community and what it is that makes them "tick". What (besides finances) drives the decisions that we make? What do we dream about doing with our lives, once we've.....grown up?

I would basically put 5 or so questions out there, emailed or put on the blog. Those interested in participating, would send those answers back and we would have a few follow ups, then its over. I think it would be really cool, just for cools sake, to do this on video. ( Just so I can have an excuse for a wrap party at my house:)

I have NO intent on giving advice!

If any one is interested I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to here from you. and if no one volunteers, I will be calling in favors. HA!

all grown up?

Strange as it sounds, I feel like have been forced to grow up. I have been dealing with a sick parent since I was 10 years old, but for some reason, dealing with my MOM getting Cancer is a different story. I am just fiercly protective over her and this whole situation just pisses me off really. I don't like to think of her being fragile and ill and not being able to take care of herself. She has been such a rock for our family ( Rock of Gibralter as my God Mother coined).

I am so proud of the way she has handled everything and has been even more assertive than I expected. I couldn't believe that she actaully called the #1 oncologist in the region, WHILE HE WAS ON VACATION, ON HIS CELL PHONE, to get reassured by a specialists 2nd opinion. I know that some people have questions about why she doesn't want to talk about it, or why its taken her a while to tell everyone personally, but I think she's coming around to face it beautifully. Today we had a very funny and cadid conversation about what we will do IF she has chemo and looses her hair. (She had some friends offer to take her wig and scarf shopping.) This is leaps and bounds from a week ago, when " we aren't calling it cancer". I am thrilled that she has opened up and decided to let people who love her, be there for her. She was actually calling me today to tell me that she had friends that offered to shop, lunch and cook with her or take her to the Dr. She also doesn't want me to worry or to be inconvenienced, and to see if there was anything I needed while Shane was out of town . THE ROCK.

She cracks me up. I have a feeling that she won't be logging on here any time soon to read these blog posts, but maybe I will put a small book together for her when this "story" is over. If anyone would like to post anything on here about her or for her, I will make sure she gets it.

my closing thought.....
dealing with an aging parent or the death of a parent brings a new season of life for the children, no matter how old that child is.