It really is true that life can change in an instant.
In late October my mother was clipping flowers in her yard, when she stepped backward and suddenly felt her left foot go down, down, down, into a deep and narrow hole hidden beneath the autumn leaves. Her body twisted as she fell and snapped her leg.
My phone rang a little while later and I texted my sister as our mom told us what had happened.
"Get her to the emergency room, pronto!" was my younger sister's medical advice from several states away. Trained as a Registered Nurse, my sister is always at the ready to help us deal with various and sundry family emergencies.
"I don't like the sounds of this, so I am heading over to Mom's now!" said my brother when I texted him at his office in Research Triangle Park.
"Courtney, can you watch the puppy while I get dressed and head over to Mom's?" I called out to my recent college graduate who is applying to schools with doctorates in Medieval Literature.
We adopted our golden retriever pup Evie just three months ago. After the loss of our beloved Standard Poodle/Doodle dogs during the past year, she has brought much needed sunshine and beauty, snuggliness and awe into our lives.
Here she is, in a photo taken just two days before I received my mother's call:
In late October my mother was clipping flowers in her yard, when she stepped backward and suddenly felt her left foot go down, down, down, into a deep and narrow hole hidden beneath the autumn leaves. Her body twisted as she fell and snapped her leg.
My phone rang a little while later and I texted my sister as our mom told us what had happened.
"Get her to the emergency room, pronto!" was my younger sister's medical advice from several states away. Trained as a Registered Nurse, my sister is always at the ready to help us deal with various and sundry family emergencies.
"I don't like the sounds of this, so I am heading over to Mom's now!" said my brother when I texted him at his office in Research Triangle Park.
"Courtney, can you watch the puppy while I get dressed and head over to Mom's?" I called out to my recent college graduate who is applying to schools with doctorates in Medieval Literature.
We adopted our golden retriever pup Evie just three months ago. After the loss of our beloved Standard Poodle/Doodle dogs during the past year, she has brought much needed sunshine and beauty, snuggliness and awe into our lives.
Here she is, in a photo taken just two days before I received my mother's call:
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