I had to put on some Bob Marley and sing don’t worry, because every little thing is gonna to be all right. Life is full of things we can’t control but every day there is something to be thankful for and today I am thankful for it all. The nurse assistant at the hospital who is always kidding with mom overheard me talking to her about the adoption and said, “You’re kidding me! We all thought she was crazy talking about the baby and how she was going to put it right there beside her.”<\/p>\n
GOD IT BREAKS MY HEART!<\/p>\n
I want our baby, I want to introduce our baby to my mother, I want my mother not to be dying, I want everything to be all right – but life is throwing curve balls left and right and meanwhile, just trying to negotiate a single day feels like swimming through jello – green jello.<\/p>\n
Most of all I want my mother to find peace and if there is life after death, I want my Grandpa Ellis and my Mama Mae to be standing there with open arms to hold her like a baby and comfort her. And down here, mom said when I see a dog that I should think of her – so thank god I live on the bayou where people walk by with dogs all day long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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