I am a caregiver of a vulnerable adult during a pandemic. This job is not an easy job without a pandemic. It involves diapers, medications, purée foods, equipment, lifting, cleaning, hygiene, record keeping, and time – lots of time and this all leads to mental and physical fatigue. Not because I don’t love it, not… Read More
Mr. Ferstel
Sorry this is long, bear with me. I haven’t been on here for a bit. For those of you that don’t know, I grew up in a little town in southern Indiana, just east of Evansville, Indiana, called Newburgh. Though I haven’t lived out there in years and I have lived more of my life… Read More
20 Years – A letter to Bai
Can you believe that today marks the day that Bailynn was born, 20 years ago?! 20 years ago they didn’t hand us our baby to hold. They whisked her away. 20 years ago doctors walked into a room, with two young parents, and delivered news that would change our lives from that day forward. 20… Read More
WE ARE STILL ALIVE
It’s 2019! And, it is almost over! Shame Shame on me. I swear I have sat down to post. I have typed out sentences and deleted them. I have started paragraphs and sighed as I close out the window without saving them. I get overwhelmed by posts sometimes. My emotions run so high. I want… Read More
HAMMONDS’ Home Addition 2018 COMPLETE!
* This is why I haven’t posted much this year. You will understand as you read. We have been busy. In 2001, the year Bai had the left side of her brain removed, we built our home. Sticks and Stones. We broke ground in late spring and move in at Halloween. We picked a plan… Read More
A Change in the Wind
Good News. I often think of those 2 words as the least used words in my vocabulary in conjunction with one another. Great News! Hahahaha! Yah, those words are like big foot around here. Never seen and seemingly impossible to be real. So, how in 2 weeks time could Bailynn be showered with “Good News”?… Read More
The longest road home
The girls and I sat in traffic by Crestwood, KY today for over 2 hours, on our way back from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. A fatal accident had accured just miles in front of us that closed down HWY I-71 N. It took us twice as long to get home than it should have; Bailynn screaming… Read More
The Denial
Bai’s back has been a source of a lot of strife in our family for the last few years. It has brought us to our knees on more than one occasion. It has nearly broken my spirit. Her back has put us on house arrest. It has cost a mint. It has been through more… Read More
Radio Silence
I think this spring hit me a little harder than I had anticipated. My facebook stream started filling up with happy graduates; children Bai’s age. My feed had post after post of college visits and acceptance letters with smiling families – proud parents. My heart ached. Graduation cards started arriving in the mail and I… Read More
And then it all turned around
Just as I hit publish on my last post, the Nurse made her rounds again. She came to our little corner of the waiting room and the words that came out of her mouth left the girls and I dumbstruck. “The new VNS is in, they are closing. ” WHAT!? I didn’t know what to… Read More
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