Easter

There is no good time to go through treatment of any malady someone may have. Carla's treatment covers Easter and Mother's Day. These days usually culminate with families visiting and kids having fun.

In keeping with tradition, we had our Easter breakfast with Carla's family and then dinner at my mom's house. The kids and I went to see mom at the hospital between meals. I spoke to Carla before we went up and she sounded better than the previous days, although she still is tired and managing side effects of treatment.

At my mom's we played some basketball games, ate dinner, had Easter egg hunt, and then a confetti egg war. My mom had 52 dozen confetti/bird seed filled eggs that we throw at each other. My family has been doing this since we lived in California in the 70's. Not sure where it came from, maybe some crazy mexican custom.

While we were eating dessert, one of our family friends was talking to my mom about the vinyl lettering over the door, "What happens at grandma's, stays at grandma's." She asked about it and my mom told her that Carla had done that for her for Mother's Day I believe. It was just a reminder to me that Carla was with us even while she was getting better at the hospital.

Once dinner was over, I went back to the hospital to spend a few more hours with Carla before settling home. Kids are bummed that school starts tomorrow.