Hope for Healing

Another weekend that breezed by. I took one of those long late naps today, so I feel great... but now it's like midnight and i need to get up early tomorrow to take care of some Target returns before work.

I have a vacation coming up to go to Hong Kong... and usually these trips are an awesome way to shop, sightsee and visit family... but it's looking like this trip will be on the sad side. Both my grandparents aren't doing so well... one is at the hospital and the other is mostly bed-ridden at home and is too weak to get on his wheelchair alone. Its a fact of life that everyone gets older, but I guess it's easy to deny that or not face that concept until something bad happens.

I sometimes personally feel like i keep a denial shield up more than most people. I feel like I should be extra distraught right now, and pacing the room or something... and I guess i could work myself up to do this... but i'm not. So i think it's more denial. I guess things would be more realistic if i was in the hospital room... versus having images of healthy, happy grandparents sitting in my head. I am hopeful that they will get better and out of any critical harm... but I have to remember that they are getting older and so it's never going to be the same... I think what's really difficult is hoping my mom can get through this time too... there's just not much you can say other to console... and all i want to do is tell her that everything will be better. I wish i could say I found a youth potion or an all-healing elixer... and everything would be fine...

Meanwhile, my pup is giving me lots of joy. This is the amazing power of dogs, though. I've already had a stranger tell me that Barklee would make a wonderful hospital dog because of his easy nature and inclination to just give and receive affection. Next weekend I'll be finalizing the paperwork to make Barklee an official Yee/Lee family member. :) As i am typing, he is snoring loudly from his little pet bed...