Photo of the Month, Nov. 2013

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A few Sundays ago I was awakened by a phone call in the morning from my Mother’s senior living community, informing me that she had fallen. At that point they thought she had broken her hip, so they were rushing her to the hospital. So my wife and I rushed to the hospital. I was, of course, already planning for the worst case scenario.


We got to the Emergency Room, got to my Mother’s section, she was laying on the bed. I asked her how she felt, and all the usual questions, trying to figure out how she fell. Her response to me was, “Why don’t you go get a chair and sit down, you look tired. Did you get enough sleep last night?”


She soon had the surgery and went through it with flying colors. I was very entertained because my Mother, on morphine, was cracking jokes all through the hospital.


On November 16th, my Mother turned 91 years old. Like most mothers, she is a wonderful, sweet woman. My Mother’s an old farm girl. When she was growing up in North Carolina, they were sharecroppers. This was the second time she had ever had anesthesia. The first was when, as an adult, she had her tonsils out.


She’s in rehab now, and they’re working on getting her back to her regular, 91-year-old mobile self. That means getting back on the walker, and being able to take care of herself.


With all the terrible things I had thought about when we were heading to the Emergency Room, she made me feel so much calmer. Being an only child, it all falls on me. And my wife helps out a lot.


Thinking back on all the wonderful, fun things my Mother and Father did for me when I was growing up, I don’t mind doing it. I tell my son that when I get to that age, he’s going to have to take me fishing, and take me to the casinos, and to Vegas once a year.


Since this is the season of sitting down with family, I have a task for all of you, my friends. We all know those relatives in our families that really get on our nerves. I think we should confuse them this year. Walk up to them and give them a big hug.


I’m not saying forgive them for whatever they’ve done to upset you, but confuse them by showing them that you have kindness in your heart.


This holiday season, I’m not going to let it get to me. I’m not going to let the traffic get to me, I’m not going to let the long lines get to me, I’m going to look at everything and try to find the good in it - or even the humor in it. So I think you guys should do the same.


So go out, have a few chuckles for me, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.


- Kevin S. Nash



Photo details: Unionville High School football game, Kennett Square, PA.

 

November, 2013

 

All at once.