No Mulligan For Me Please

To say 2020 has already been one heck of a year would be an understatement. So much death. So much devastation. So many tragedies around the globe. I’ve heard people say they want a do over or a mulligan. I don’t. I don’t want to live this year over again.

There has been so much death in the lives of close friends. I know too many who have lost husbands, fathers, grandparents, etc. For my family alone it’s been a rough year. Dad died, our family trip to NYC was cancelled, my two week Parisian get away was cancelled, my 86 year old grandmother with dementia broke her arm living in another country whose borders are closed so no one can see her, and then the icing on the cake comes with another broken bone.

My mother fell and broke her hip. Not just a little break either. They needed to give her a partial hip replacement because she had so many fractures to her femur. EMS brought her to the ER and helped her pain. She was moved to a floor while waiting for surgery. She had surgery in the morning and was back in her room before dinner.

Right now they are letting me sit with her. I have to leave after visiting hours and can come back while she’s in the hospital. She will be going to a rehab facility for 2-4 weeks where no one will be allowed to visit when they discharge her from the hospital.

I don’t dare ask what’s next or what else can happen. The last time I asked what other crap life can throw at me, I quickly regretted it. For now I will just be grateful for the paramedics, nurses, aides, techs, doctors, and everyone else for helping my mother and alleviating her pain. Your personal sacrifices have not gone unnoticed. Thank you!