when it rains..it pours

I don't even know where to start. Summer was here. Life was chuggin' right along.

Mom and dad were coming to town for big brothers wedding. Grandma was tagging along. 

(it'd been 5 months since I'd seen these people I love so much.) I was pumped. 

But then work got super slow. And people got rude.

Then wisdom teeth got extremely infected. That means -emergency surgery.

(Thanks goodness for my hubs.Staying up all night to make sure I had my meds.)

Wedding day: oooohhh you shoulda seen my cheeks! Unfortunate^^forsure. Then, the car broke down. And of all things it had to be the fuel pump. goodbye $900.

And how are we suppose to afford our(already) planned vacation to California?

But the worst of all was the news received a few days after the wedding.

Mom and dad took grandma back to her house...

And grandpa, he wasn't doing so good.

:( His kidney's had failed. He had an enormous blood clot in this leg. 

And he was delirious.

911.

They took him to the hospital. Where they confirmed how bad things really were.

(me, I was so confused. How did this happen so out of nowhere?!?!)
Imeanhewastotallyfinewhengrandmaleft.

Other than the occasionally anxiety and not wanting to leave the house.

He was okay. Healthy for the most part.

Aside from old age. &Diabetes.

But something wasn't right.

Grandpa was just ready to give up.

After successfully reviving his kidneys. 

Treating the blood clot. And addressing the other problems.

They diagnosed him with "Failure to thrive"

Bascially he just gave up.

^landed him on HOME HOSPICE.

And now Grandma spends 100% of her day

caring for him. 

But you know? My grandma has always been one to keep her word. She promised she wouldn't put my grandpa in a nursing home. And she hasn't. And I know she won't, even if it kills her.

I am so grateful for that hardworking lady! I don't know how she does it. But she is a SAINT. 

Grandma I love you! Thanks for staying strong.


Anyways, sometimes I wonder why all the bad things have to happen at once.
It's so hard.
And I always just want to cry.
And be mad at the world.

I learned a really good lesson.
Heavenly Father gives his hardest battles to his strongest soilders.
He is just proving to me and my family how strong we are.
We can handle this. All of it.
And together, we are.
Beautifully.