After 10 years. finally my hubby and his daughter reconnect. It's a long story, one I might share one day. Regardless of the reasons for the separation they are now reunited.
Back in the spring she made contact with her father. She wrote him on facebook saying she was going to be out our way in June and she would like to come see him and introduce him to her husband.
Needless to say my hubby was a little taken aback, but excited all the same. They sent emails back and forth, and the planning and preparations began.
There were huge jobs which needed to be done between the spring and her visit in June. We had already decided to get our roof replaced so we got that project going, then it was the building of a new deck. Now that was a project. In order to help defray the cost hubby helped with construction of the deck and we paid for most of our own supplies. I had the great privilege of digging holes for the foundations and shoveling and spreading of the gravel. It was a lot of work but so worth it in the end.
Of course we had to wait for the finer weather to begin the deck project. Well wouldn't you know it, it was the beginning of June by the time we got started. His daughter's visit was the 2nd week of June. One would think that building the deck would suffice, but no, my hubby rented a backhoe and started pulling up old shrubs, more dirt and moved land from one spot to another. As you can imagine one project just led to another.
A day and half before her visit I decide to do something really stupid. I was clearing up the deck area of lumber and nails. I was getting rid of the old boards, when wouldn't you know it I stepped on a nail. I remember it as if it was going it in slow motion. I saw the nail and yet my foot still kept going towards it....I knew it wasn't good when I felt it go through my runner. I quickly pulled off my shoe and sure enough I was bleeding. Hubby went and got the peroxide and we cleaned my foot well. Or though we thought. That evening when I went to bed my foot was hurting but I didn't think it was that bad. In the middle of the night I woke up with the most excruciating pain in my foot. It hurt for the sheet to even touch my foot. I attempted to get out of bed and go downstairs. No such luck. I couldnt' even step on my foot, I couldn't hop as that made it hurt as well. So down on my hands and knees I go. I make my way to our staircase and get onto my bum and get myself down the stairs step by step, bump by bump. Hubby has fallen asleep with the TV blaring I try to get his attention...but there was no waking him. So once again I got onto my knees....now this is a time I wouldn't recommend slate flooring...it's really hard on your knees. Anyhow, I make my way to the living room where he is sleeping, somehow I manage to wake him. He helps me up and I explain what is happening.
Bless his heart he went to the kitchen to make me a bread poultice and then with a tensor bandage wrapped it around my foot. By this time my foot is swollen, I elevate it on a few pillows. I take a couple of Tylenol and eventually I am able to fall asleep with my leg up high as I lay on the couch.
The next morning it still hurts. So on with another bread poultice. Yes I know what you are going to say or ask....was my tetanus up to date....well that thought had entered my head but I had no idea. I watched for any signs of poisoning...but I thought I was home free. I didn' have time to spend in the ER I had a reunion party to plan for. Hubbies daughter was going to be here and there was still so much for me to do.
Well I hobbled around and somehow managed to get things organized. The big day arrives and let me tell you when she got out of her car and gave her dad a hug...there wasn't a dry eye in the house! As she hugged him she whispered in his ear "Hi Grandpa!" Yes she had come all that way to tell him in person that he was going to be a grandpa. Oh what a double bonus.
We spent a couple of wonderful days with them before they had to go back to the mainland to go see her husbands family.
So as I started my post out...in 10 days we will be blessed with little sweet Paetyn! Our first grandchild.
The new deck it's about 540 sq.ft
The embrace!
Father, daughter and son-in-law
Hubby and I, daughter and her husband, grandma and grandpa(oops soon to be great-grandparents)!
