Family........its a big part of life.

You know when the phone rings , late in the evening or during the night,its usually not a good call. Saturday night, I was enjoying a evening of a few girlfriends down for the evening, Hubby went out to visit friends , when yup the phone rang.
It was his brother in Regina, saying to me on the phone ....Mom went into the Regina General Hospital, she's having surgery....she has Cancer. Your heart kinda stops for a second, your brain is trying to gather this info and process it. You go into SHOCK!
I called my hubby, had to tell him the news. Not long after he came home, he was in shock, He looked at me and said What do I do??
We packed a bag , my one friend took our dog (She's our dog sitter and is awesome!)
We left and headed for Regina.
Mom made it through surgery ok, she spent a few days in ICU and now is in a room to herself and resting and healing slowly.
Her 5 children all showed up and stayed by her side, in her time of need. This is the first time all of her children have been together in the same room. Unreal huh??
Long story and I"m not going to go there , but as Her children were chatting , I looked at mom and watched her ...Her eyes were moving from one child to the next as she looked at each one of them. I was thinking to myself I wonder what she's thinking right at this moment? My heart went out to her , as a Mom I thought, wow... did it have to go this far to get them all together in the same room at the same time? I thought to bad it couldn't have happened under a better circumstance, but I'm glad all of them were there!
I learned that sometimes its more important to put issue's aside for the moment, you see you may never get the chance again! I'm sure all the kids had some kinda feelings also......I hope it all was worth the effort in getting together.
We are safe at home now, Resting from our moments of fear in the unknown, thankful for each other.
Love your family........they can be gone so suddenly.