Family 1: Thanksgiving

So, this semester I may actually have visited my parents the most often I ever have since not living at home.

It was different being away all summer only calling once a week or every other week, so part of the reason I am home so much now is because of that, but a lot of it isn't that reason.

A large part is that my mom hasn't been doing so well until recently, which I will discuss in the second post, but I've also been around because my dad is also getting old and there's been a bunch of work to do around the house. So, I've actually been around nearly every week that I've been in Ottawa.

One of the first things I had to do when I got back from Mississauga was tell my parents my story. I didn't want to post it online and tell everyone if I wasn't going to tell them first, like with big decisions you tell your family and close friends first right? So I figured I had to and it seriously was the hardest thing ever. All day I felt like I was dying; walking closer and closer to my death. I tend to prepare for the worst, and the worst would be my mom being devastated and getting worse physically and giving up all hope in her future (lack of grandkids), but it was really good, pretty much their normal response to any big decisions I make "we support you and will always love you, but are worried about your safety". lol.

A couple weeks later was Thanksgiving and I was able to go over and make the stuffing as always. It was really good to see my mom actually eating dinner with us for a change and to be with my whole family. We never really ate family meals ever. lol. Also, my brother actually secretly moved out during the summer and kinda got a dog from his roommate, so his dog came over for thanksgiving. So it was my parents, brother, me, and two dogs.

I don't really talk to my brother much though, but we're cool. I think we understand each other better now.

You can always be praying for my family. My dad is gonna be retiring in a couple years or something. I really don't know what that's gonna look like. haha. He has had back problems and some heart issues.