A Miracle

   Okay, it's time to snap out of it.

    NOBODY knows. None of us knows how much time we have together.

    Let's be honest. I am praying every day for a miracle.

    Every day is a miracle, so I guess my prayers are answered. A day at a time.

     I will admit that it crept into my mind more than once today.

     When we left the interstate to drive to a Historical Landmark on Route 66, set my GPS to "hospital" at a stop ... just in case.

     Then I brushed it out of my mind and we continued on our day. After that stop, we did turn back and drive right through the down town area... Lots of hospitals.

      Sigh.

      I would like to say that every time his face is a little red, or every time he breaks a sweat, that I am just fine.

      I'm not quite there yet.

      I'm a little bit jumpy.

      I will say that things went a lot better today. We put everything aside and we were just a family today. Nobody we spoke to or met would have guessed how much we have been through this month. It was nice.

     We didn't go to the zoo... When we arrived, both parking lots were packed and I remembered that the last time the zoo was that busy, there were no wheelchairs left, so rather than have the "stubborn" conversation with him, I turned the car and we headed to a few art galleries.

      We looked at paintings, hand blown glass, sculptures...and then we went to look at the giant soda bottle, then a giant red round barn, ...on the way home, we went to a fantasy location.

       There is a cupcake store down town that my children love. Mind you, my children don't really care for cupcakes.

       This store is amazing. There are candies of every imaginable type...giant gummy bears, bacon flavored gum, every flavor of taffy.... It is Willy Wonka meets Alice in Wonderland....but what we LOVE about the store isn't for sale.

       Just walking in the store is a breath of heaven. It smells of perfection. The decor is amazing also...

      The over sized bust, the pink horse, the fantastic lighting, the party rooms with the exaggerated perfection...

       It is just fabulous to walk around and take it all in.

       He said he could understand why the girls love it so much. It is truly a girls dream come true.

      It was his first time.

     This man, this mechanic-manly-man smiled. It was even fantastic enough to bring a twinkle to his eye.

       This is what it is about.

      So we left the cupcake store without purchasing a cupcake. It isn't really about the cupcakes for us. It is about sharing something beautiful.

      That is what it was all about today. We talked about things, we laughed, we learned, we gazed in wonder and we shared our day together.

      Another miracle.

      Check.