Sorry, ya'll I have "stuff" going on. I'll try to explain...
My odd little scrap of a family-of-origin--what's left of it--is my mom, my aunt Nina, and her longtime boyfriend (37 years) Herman. Herman is my functional grandfather, even though he's not a blood relation. Herman is extremely ill. He has a type of leukemia that kills platelets.
He's in ICU, and possibly won't come home. I'm on the phone constantly with Mom, Nina, and Herman's blood family. If he gets much worse, I'll be leaving for Texarkana, Mom says Nina needs me, and I deny Nina nothing. She would lay down on the railroad tracks for me. Nina had a twin who passed from brain cancer while I was in college, and Herman came along just in time to save her sanity. He is a hero to all of us.
Posted 3 years ago by lisaeylau #