It's time once again for the MIL/DIL team of Carol and Stephanie to make a memory today! We are moving our beloved Katherine into a nursing home. There's only one other moving team that's just as awesome and that is Stephanie with her sister, Jennifer.
Let's review the memory making adventures of Carol and Stephanie (For all those just tuning in, Carol Pope is my MIL--mother-in-law):
1989: road trip from Austin to Kerrville...first impressions, you know
1992: moving Bobby to Corpus Christi (Bobby and I were engaged by this time)
1993: Home Depot and the microwave on stilts followed by wallpapering the apartment
1995: moving to Shreveport, LA from Corpus Christi; complete with Bobby tearing her a new one
1996: moving from Shreveport to Bryan; this time I rented the truck...
1997: road trip to Jewett in search of the quilt machine lady
1998: airport trip to Houston, including a faster than lightning "we have to go back for my passport, Stephanie" turn around
2000: crosstown move from Sterling Ave. to Park Haven Cir.
Please realize this is the "Reader's Digest" version of the past 20 years! (Bobby and I met in January 1989.)
ANYWAY, Katherine was Dave and Carol's housekeeper for 45+ years. She is 88 now and has no children of her own. Her 2 nieces are not able to care for her due to their own poor health. (One lost both legs and eyesight to diabetes, the other just her eyesight). Bobby and I are her adopted children and caregivers now. Carol and I helped move her into her assisted living apartment one year ago this month. This last week, however, we have come to decide that she can't live on her own any longer. Long story short, when she started using the "help, I've fallen and can't get up" button for security to bring her a drink of water, we decided round the clock care was necessary. Today is moving day...again.
Seriously, God has totally provided for her care and will do so again because HE ROCKS!! We found a nursing home with availability right away.
Stay tuned for more on the "Katherine Story"
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