Living in the Storm: A lunch date with Grams.

as per our new usual kansas routine we get to spend one day a week with my mom so that my dad can work, run errands, have meetings, etc.. anywho, it has become a really special day in our house. we clear our calendar, find some yummy lunch, and pick our favorite "chick flick" to watch together when the kiddos sleep (today we are watching 'sleepless in seattle!). it's a good day for me. it forces me to STOP, sit, and visit with my sweet mama. sometimes when the chick flick is playing mom snoozes, and well... i blog ;)

today, anderson had a lunch date with grams. the big girls were to busy to stop and eat. not anderson, he LOVES to eat, especially with his grams.

during their lunch date anderson drove grammy to his job.. when asked what his job was he said he flew on planes and drove a school bus. sounds like a combination of his dad's job and his poppo's job. ;)

all in all, it was a fabulous date. for sure there will be more to come.

we don't try and predicate the future around here. it's not our future to predict, but i do know that someday these picture will be hanging in anderson's dorm room (even if i have to place them there myself :). and i pray that he has countless stories to tell about his lunch dates with his grams. their crazy adventures together as they drove to work, ate peppers together, dropped their spaghetti all over the place, and giggled all about it.

memories are worth creating, terminal illness or not. it is worth slowing down and being intentional about being together. i know that i am tucking away all these moments in my memory bank!!

hope you have a special lunch date today too!
~s