We woke today to the news that my father in law, Gabe had fallen and had another stroke. He’s been in a nursing home since February after a first stroke. He’s been making steady progress since. This morning he fell and was taken to the hospital. At first it looked very serious..

We were in Sherborn for my father’s 83rd birthday and my mother’s 80th when we go the news.. we were going to head to Endicott this morning.. . as the day progressed, he seemed to improve to the point he was able tosit up and  say a few words by this evening. .He’s continuing to improve which is great.. ..  We’re heading there at 4AM (in 5 hours) to see him..

The decision to stay here in Sherborn for the rest of the day was a hard one for us.. but it worked out. We were able to celibrate my mom’s 80th which is actually Sept 2.

We did our best to get a family picture though we were missing Shaun, Chris, John L, Gabe.. and of course Sam..

 

We had soem time to just mess around.. which was easier as each report on Big gabe improved.

Then we all sat down for a messy lobster dinner.. fun and chaotic

Mom wasn’t expecting us to celibrate her birthday.. so we had an impromptu surprise party..

We gave her a necklace with all our names on it.. 18 of them !

 

Finished the day by reading Theo and Jake one of my favorite old childerens books .. Marina the Trained Seal

 

nowI have 5 hours to sleep.. so..I’ll end here..

nite all, nite sam

-me